Experiences and attitudes of medical professionals on treatment of end-of-life patients in intensive care units in the Republic of Croatia: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Diana Špoljar, Marinko Vučić, Jasminka Peršec, Vlasta Merc, Tatjana Kereš, Radovan Radonić, Zdravka Poljaković, Višnja Nesek Adam, Nenad Karanović, Krešimir Čaljkušić, Željko Župan, Igor Grubješić, Jasminka Kopić, Srđan Vranković, Renata Krobot, Bojana Nevajdić, Mia Golubić, Štefan Grosek, Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak, Andrija Štajduhar, Dinko Tonković, Ana Borovečki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Medical Ethics, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6939
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-022-00752-5
Popis: Abstract Background Decisions about limitations of life sustaining treatments (LST) are made for end-of-life patients in intensive care units (ICUs). The aim of this research was to explore the professional and ethical attitudes and experiences of medical professionals on treatment of end-of-life patients in ICUs in the Republic of Croatia. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among physicians and nurses working in surgical, medical, neurological, and multidisciplinary ICUs in the total of 9 hospitals throughout Croatia using a questionnaire with closed and open type questions. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to reduce data to a smaller set of summary variables. Mann–Whitney U test was used to analyse the differences between two groups and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to analyse the differences between more than two groups. Results Less than third of participants (29.2%) stated they were included in the decision-making process, and physicians are much more included than nurses (p
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