Table 1.
Participants’ Demographics
| Participant demographics | Physician | Nurse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 108 | Missing data | N = 123 | Missing data | |
| Age, mean, range (SD) | 44, 28–75 (11.5) | 0 | 44, 24–65 (11.4) | 0 |
| Women, number (%) | 15 (13.9) | 0 | 119 (96.8) | 0 |
| Experience of profession, number (%) | 10 | 0 | ||
| ≥ 3 years, < 10 years | 34 (34.7) | 32 (26.0) | ||
| ≥ 10 years, < 20 years | 31 (31.6) | 40 (32.5) | ||
| ≥ 20 years | 33 (33.7) | 51 (41.5) | ||
| Experience of ACP discussion, number (%) | 14 | 0 | ||
| 0–9 | 17 (18.1) | 56 (45.5) | ||
| 10–19 | 20 (21.3) | 43 (35.0) | ||
| 20 or more | 57 (60.6) | 24 (19.5) | ||
| Preference for end-of-life care,* number (%) | 0 | 1 | ||
| Do not want LSTs | 96 (88.9) | 111 (91.0) | ||
| Want LSTs | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0) | ||
| Entrust decision-making to family | 5 (4.6) | 4 (3.3) | ||
| Do not know own preference | 6 (5.6) | 7 (5.7) | ||
| Responses of case scenarios, number (%) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cerebral infarction | 102 (94.4) | 123 (100) | ||
| Heart failure | 90 (83.3) | 116 (94.3) | ||
| Incurable lung cancer | 99 (91.7) | 123 (100) | ||
| Total responses of case scenarios | 291 | 362 | ||
ACP, advance care planning; LSTs, life-sustaining treatments
*The question to participants: “Please think about situations in which you might become seriously ill or injured, or severely demented, and unable to express your own wishes when the possibility of recovering is very low. In that sort of situation, would you want to receive life-sustaining treatment(s)?” Participants selected an answer from the following alternatives: “I do not want LSTs,” “I would want LSTs,” “I would entrust these decisions to my family,” or “I do not know my own preference(s)”