Table 3 Background factors of the participants in a relation to statements
From: Facing a request for assisted death - views of Finnish physicians, a mixed method study
I could assist a patient in a suicide | P-value* | A physician should be able to assist a patient in a suicide | P-value* | Legislation should confirm that a physician assisting a patient in a suicide will not be punished | P-value* | If euthanasia would be legalized in Finland, acceptable reasons for euthanasia should only be difficult physical symptoms (e.g., pain and dyspnea) in the end stage of a disease | P-value* | If euthanasia would be legalized in Finland, life turning into an unbearable burden should also be accepted as a reason for euthanasia | P-value* | ||||||
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Fully/Partly agree, n (%) | Fully/Partly agree, n (%) | Fully/Partly agree, n (%) | Fully/Partly agree, n (%) | Fully/Partly agree, n (%) | |||||||||||
Gender | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.033 | 0.071 | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
Female | 1159 | (29) | 1751 | (44) | 2352 | (59) | 2830 | (71) | 361 | (9) | |||||
Male | 1070 | (39) | 1388 | (50) | 1704 | (61) | 1905 | (69) | 443 | (16) | |||||
Age | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.435 | 0.009 | 0.004 | ||||||||||
< 35 y | 595 | (42) | 721 | (50) | 856 | (60) | 994 | (69) | 189 | (13) | |||||
35–44 y | 407 | (33) | 552 | (45) | 723 | (59) | 825 | (68) | 120 | (10) | |||||
45–54 y | 352 | (31) | 531 | (47) | 690 | (61) | 752 | (67) | 128 | (11) | |||||
55–64 y | 329 | (26) | 531 | (41) | 745 | (58) | 904 | (71) | 137 | (11) | |||||
> 65 y | 572 | (32) | 837 | (47) | 1086 | (61) | 1291 | (73) | 246 | (14) | |||||
Specialty in a full-time job | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
Operative | 520 | (37) | 711 | (51) | 921 | (66) | 1007 | (72) | 183 | (13) | |||||
Conservative | 432 | (26) | 671 | (41) | 925 | (57) | 1178 | (72) | 165 | (10) | |||||
Diagnostic | 178 | (42) | 241 | (57) | 273 | (64) | 300 | (71) | 66 | (16) | |||||
Psychiatric | 145 | (26) | 245 | (44) | 320 | (57) | 375 | (67) | 56 | (10) | |||||
General medicine, occupational medicine, and other fields | 495 | (31) | 696 | (43) | 925 | (58) | 1137 | (71) | 178 | (11) | |||||
Not specialized | 483 | (40) | 605 | (50) | 733 | (60) | 765 | (63) | 171 | (14) | |||||
Participates in the care of dying patients | 0.373 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.017 | 0.061 | ||||||||||
Yes | 923 | (32) | 1204 | (42) | 1624 | (57) | 1938 | (68) | 317 | (11) | |||||
No | 1312 | (33) | 1942 | (49) | 2440 | (62) | 2783 | (71) | 496 | (13) | |||||
Amount of experience | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.284 | 0.107 | ||||||||||
Not at all | 367 | (33) | 593 | (54) | 734 | (66) | 782 | (71) | 156 | (14) | |||||
< 5 y | 1007 | (36) | 1339 | (48) | 1660 | (60) | 1897 | (69) | 325 | (12) | |||||
5–10 y | 311 | (34) | 410 | (45) | 535 | (59) | 652 | (72) | 111 | (12) | |||||
> 10 y | 559 | (27) | 819 | (40) | 1152 | (57) | 1418 | (70) | 228 | (11) | |||||
Patient or patient’s relative having asked for euthanasia or PAS | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.397 | < 0.001 | ||||||||||
Yes | 470 | (44) | 569 | (54) | 698 | (66) | 730 | (69) | 173 | (16) | |||||
No | 1788 | (31) | 2609 | (45) | 3408 | (60) | 4040 | (70) | 648 | (11) | |||||