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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of ICU Healthcare Professionals (n = 206)

From: Tensions between end-of-life care and organ donation in controlled donation after circulatory death: ICU healthcare professionals experiences

 

Physician

n = 79

Nurses

n = 127

Age

 30

7 (9%)

49 39%)

 30–39

45 (57%)

43 34%)

 40–49

16 (20%)

21 17%)

 50

11 (14%)

13 (10%)

Gender, male

49 (62%)

29 (23%)

Years in ICU

 5

44 (55%)

61 48%)

 ≥ 5

35 (45%)

66 (52%)

Years in ICU with a cDCD program

 5

59 (74%)

90 71%)

 ≥ 5

20 (26%)

37 (31%)

Number of WLST decision experiences

 10

5 (6%)

92 (72%)

 ≥ 10

74 (94%)

35 (28%)

Number of previous cDCD experiences

 5

36 (46%)

107 (84%)

 ≥ 5

43 (54%)

20 (16%)

  1. ICU Intensive Care Units, cDCD Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death, WLST Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapies