Perceptions of ethical decision-making climate among clinicians working in European and US ICUs: differences between religious and non-religious healthcare professionals

Table 1 Participants’ religious beliefs

	Total (n = 2,992)
Religious conviction¹ (yes), n %)	1,802	(60)
Of which:
Buddhist	10	(1)
Greek-Orthodox	179	(10)
Jewish	9	(1)
Muslim	30	(2)
Protestant	534	(30)
Roman Catholic	687	(38)
Other	162	(10)
”Do not wish to answer”	191	(11)
How important is religious conviction in your attitude towards end-of-life decisions^2, n (%)
Not important	849	(47)
Not very important	500	(28)
Important	317	(18)
Very important	136	(8)
Religious conviction is important to very important in your attitude towards end-of-life (yes)³, n (%)
Buddhist	3	(30)
Greek-Orthodox	83	(46)
Jewish	1	(11)
Muslim	14	(47)
Protestant	120	(22)
Roman Catholic	156	(23)
Other	54	(33)
“I do not wish to answer”	22	(12)

1. The 1,802 who stated they had a religious conviction or did not wish to answer
2. Percentages based on the 1,802 who stated they had a religious conviction or did not wish to answer
3. Percentages based on the total number of participants with a religious conviction within each religion (numbers presented at top of table)

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