Table 2.

Participant characteristics^a

	n = 592 %
Participant gender
Female	67
Participant age
mean (range)	60 (23-88)
18-49	15
50-64	47
65-79	33
80 and up	5
Ethnicity
Ethnic minorityb	6
Religion
None	53
Christian	41
Other	7
(Former) health care worker
Yes	44
The questionnaire was reached through:
Right to Die-NLc	44
A colleague or acquaintance	21
Through social media/surfing, not further specified	12
Organizations for health care professionalsd	8
Specific patient organizationse	5
Organization for older peoplef	5
General patient organizationsg	4
Described case
Appropriate care	48
Inappropriate care	28
Both	25
Relationship of patient to participant (total of 738 cases):i
Participant is the patient	8
Parent (in law) of the participant	59
Partner	21
Brother/sister (in law)	9
Related, otherwise	7
Unrelated	6
Patient is deceased	74

^aMissing values ranged from 0.0 to 1.5 %

^bParticipant is considered to be of an ethnic minority group if one or both parents are born outside the Netherlands

^cRight to Die-NL: An organization that aims to enhance the autonomy and control of an individual when it comes to the last phase of life, focusing on euthanasia and (physician-)assisted suicide

^dAgora, IKNL, KNMG, V&VN

^eNFK and Hematon

^fUnie KBO

^gNPCF, NPV

ⁱMore than one answer possible: 11 % described two different cases