Table 3.

Barriers, benefits and views about use, % (n=66)

Range of perceived barrier scores (means and SDs five items)*	2.4–2.9 (0.89–1.1)
Goals and anticipated benefits of use (means and SDs seven items)*	3.1–3.9 (0.79–0.94)
Do you think patients with dementia can use the QPL themselves?
Yes, but only in early stages of the disease (MMSE >20)	49
Yes, in early but also in moderate stages of the disease (MMSE >10)	2
No, (almost) no one with dementia can	49
When the QPL is available, I will give it to…
Patients and relatives	59
Relatives	26
I will not give the QPL to anyone	14
QPL will lead to earlier or more frequent providing of palliative care
Yes	56
No	44
This QPL will lead to more requests to hasten death
Yes, and I do not have any objection	11
Yes, and I object to that	10
No	79

*Items are shown in online supplemental file 2, table S4 and S5. Agreement is scaled on the same scale as the acceptability scale, from 1 to 5 point scale with only the extremes labelled (‘strongly disagree’ and ‘strongly agree’). No differences (p<0.05, χ² or t-test as appropriate) were observed between general practitioners (GPs) and elderly care practitioners for any of the items, except for the barrier item ‘The hectic pace of practice will prevent me from using the question prompt list’ (higher barrier score for GPs). Missing values: use themselves 1, give it to 2, palliative care 2, hasten death 3.

QPL, question prompt list; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination.