Table 2.
Number and frequencies of responses to each principle by group.
| Total | Sex | Nationality | Career | Patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Saudi | Non-Saudi | Health care providers Group 1 | Health care providers Group 2 | |||
| 284 | 164 | 120 | 147 | 137 | 181 | 77 | 26 | |
| Principle 1: Timing of death | 80 (28%) | 48 (29%) | 32 (27%) | 41 (28%) | 39 (28%) | 50 (28%) | 24 (31%) | 26 (23%) |
| Principle 2: Control of what happens | 177 (62%) | 99 (60%) | 78 (65%) | 90 (61%) | 87 (64%) | 115 (64%) | 47 (61%) | 16 (62%) |
| Principle 3: Dignity and privacy | 271 (95%) | 156 (95%) | 115 (96%) | 144 (98%) | 127 (93%) | 176 (97%) | 71 (92%) | 24 (92%) |
| Principle 4: Pain and other symptom relief | 246 (87%) | 141 (86%) | 105 (88%) | 132 (90%) | 114 (83%) | 163 (90%) | 60 (78%) | 23 (88%) |
| Principle 5: Where death occurs | 127 (45%) | 70 (43%) | 57 (48%) | 70 (47%) | 57 (41%) | 86 (48%) | 30 (39%) | 11 (42%) |
| Principle 6: Access to necessary information | 116 (41%) | 50 (30%)* | 66 (55%)* | 63 (43%) | 53 (39%) | 82 (45%)* | 21 (27%)* | 13 (50%)* |
| Principle 7: Spiritual or emotional support | 255 (90%) | 146 (89%) | 109 (91%) | 135 (92%) | 120 (88%) | 166 (92%) | 66 (86%) | 23 (88%) |
| Principle 8: Access to hospice care | 255 (90%) | 144 (88%) | 111 (93%) | 135 (92%) | 120 (88%) | 165 (91%) | 66 (86%) | 24 (92%) |
| Principle 9: Control over who is present | 108 (38%) | 64 (39%) | 44 (37%) | 59 (40%) | 49 (36%) | 71 (39%) | 30 (39%) | 7 (27%) |
| Principle 10: To issue advance directives | 240 (85%) | 139 (85%) | 101 (84%) | 126 (40%) | 114 (83%) | 155 (86%) | 63 (82%) | 22 (85%) |
| Principle 11: To say goodbye | 209 (74%) | 119 (73%) | 90 (75%) | 108 (73%) | 99 (72%) | 133 (73%) | 57 (74%) | 19 (73%) |
| Principle 12: To leave when it is time to go | 207 (73%) | 110 (75%) | 97 (71%) | 109 (74%) | 98 (72%) | 137 (76%) | 50 (65%) | 20 (77%) |