Table 5 Knowledge and preferences of end-of-life care of the study participants (n = 316)
Questions | Answers | n% |
|---|---|---|
Would you like the medical staff to discuss your illness and end-of-life arrangements directly with you? | I would | 251 (79.43%) |
I would not | 65 (20.57%) | |
If you were terminally ill (a few weeks before death), would you prefer receiving appropriate palliative care that cannot delay death but gives comfort? | I would | 200 (63.29%) |
I would not | 116 (36.71%) | |
If you were terminally ill (a few weeks before death) and in a critical moment (e.g. cardiac arrest), would you prefer receiving resuscitation (cardiopulmonary resuscitation, electrical defibrillation, endotracheal intubation or tracheotomy)? | I would | 208 (65.82%) |
I would not | 86 (27.21%) | |
Not sure | 22 (6.97%) | |
If you were terminally ill (a few weeks before death) and in a persistent vegetative state (such as brain tumour progression), would you prefer life support (including nutritional support, such as tube feeding or percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy, broad-spectrum antibiotics, blood transfusions or ventilator-assisted ventilation?) | I would | 131 (41.45%) |
I would not | 160 (50.63%) | |
Not sure | 25 (7.92%) |