Table 1 Advance decisions of life-sustaining treatment and artificial nutrition/hydration
AD five clinical conditions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terminal diseases | Irreversible coma | Sustained vegetative | Severe debilitating dementia | Proclaimed incurable diseases | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Preferences of LST | ||||||||||
Refuse all treatment | 2045 | 87.5% | 2096 | 89.7% | 2124 | 90.9% | 2113 | 90.4% | 2051 | 87.8% |
Undecided | 168 | 7.2% | 168 | 7.2% | 168 | 7.2% | 168 | 7.2% | 172 | 7.4% |
Authorized HCA to decide | 23 | 1.0% | 24 | 1.0% | 20 | 0.9% | 18 | 0.8% | 27 | 1.2% |
Time-limited treatment | 98 | 4.2% | 48 | 2.1% | 25 | 1.1% | 35 | 1.5% | 83 | 3.6% |
Accept all treatment | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.2% |
Preferences of ANH | ||||||||||
Refuse all treatment | 2047 | 87.6% | 2096 | 89.7% | 2119 | 90.7% | 2101 | 89.9% | 2051 | 87.8% |
Undecided | 167 | 7.1% | 168 | 7.2% | 168 | 7.2% | 168 | 7.2% | 171 | 7.3% |
Authorized HCA to decide | 20 | 0.9% | 23 | 1.0% | 19 | 0.8% | 17 | 0.7% | 27 | 1.2% |
Time-limited treatment | 93 | 4.0% | 46 | 2.0% | 27 | 1.2% | 43 | 1.8% | 81 | 3.5% |
Accept all treatment | 10 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.3% |