Table 6.
Criteria influencing the decision to withdraw curative treatment
| The baby’s expected subsequent quality of life n (%) |
The family’s expected subsequent quality of life n (%) |
The short or medium term prognosis of survival n (%) |
The subsequent prognosis concerning morbidity n (%) |
The parents’ subjective experience at the time of birth n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always | 42 (75.0) | 8 (14.5) | 35 (62.5) | 37 (66.1) | 5 (9.3) |
| Almost always | 11 (19.6) | 15 (27.3) | 11 (19.6) | 10 (17.9) | 3 (5.6) |
| Often | 2 (3.6) | 17 (30.9) | 8 (14.3) | 5 (8.9) | 10 (18.5) |
| Sometimes | 1 (1.8) | 12 (21.8) | 2 (3.6) | 4 (7.1) | 16 (29.6) |
| Rarely | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (16.7) |
| Never | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (20.4) |
| Missing values | 2 (3.4) | 3 (5.2) | 2 (3.4) | 2 (3.4) | 4 (6.9) |