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A cross-sectional study among healthcare and non-healthcare students in slovenia and croatia about do-not resuscitate decision-making Cover

A cross-sectional study among healthcare and non-healthcare students in slovenia and croatia about do-not resuscitate decision-making

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|Jun 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

The shares of students who would respect the wish to withhold resuscitation split by the type of faculty (non-healthcare vs. healthcare) and year of the study (first vs. final year) in Slovenia and Croatia (**P<0.01;***P< 0.001; SLO=Slovenia; CRO=Croatia).
The shares of students who would respect the wish to withhold resuscitation split by the type of faculty (non-healthcare vs. healthcare) and year of the study (first vs. final year) in Slovenia and Croatia (**P<0.01;***P< 0.001; SLO=Slovenia; CRO=Croatia).

Figure 2

The shares of students who believe that resuscitation is in the patient’s best interest by the type of faculty (non-healthcare vs. healthcare) and the year of the study in Slovenia and Croatia (**P<0.01;***P<0.001; SLO=Slovenia; CRO=Croatia).
The shares of students who believe that resuscitation is in the patient’s best interest by the type of faculty (non-healthcare vs. healthcare) and the year of the study in Slovenia and Croatia (**P<0.01;***P<0.001; SLO=Slovenia; CRO=Croatia).

Appendix 1

Slovene version of the questionnaire (page 1).
Slovene version of the questionnaire (page 1).

Appendix 2

Slovene version of the questionnaire (page 2).
Slovene version of the questionnaire (page 2).

Decision of the students to resuscitate split by type of faculty (non-healthcare vs healthcare) and year of study in Slovenia and Croatia_

Non-healthcarea f (f%)Healthcareb f (f%)PFirst yearc f (f%)Last yeard f (f%)P
Premature of 24-weeks gestation old
SLO254 (91.0)225 (97.0)0.006293 (92.4)178 (95.7)0.147
CRO316 (92.7)449 (95.3)0.109435 (92.8)330 (96.2)0.037
Mature new-born
SLO252 (91.3)223 (96.5)0.016293 (92.7)175 (95.1)0.293
CRO312 (91.5)438 (93.0)0.428428 (91.3)322 (93.9)0.165
2-month-old boy
SLO265 (95.0)226 (97.4)0.158303 (95.6)180 (96.8)0.509
CRO321 (94.1)462 (98.1)0.003449 (95.7)334 (97.4)0.213
7-year-old boy
SLO259 (93.2)218 (95.6)0.238299 (94.3)171 (94)0.867
CRO323 (94.7)462 (98.1)0.008450 (95.9)335 (97.7)0.177
13-year-old girl SLO255 (91.7)214 (93.9)0.359297 (93.7)165 (90.7)0.213
CRO312 (91.5)448 (95.1)0.038432 (92.1)328 (95.6)0.043
35-year-old adult
SLO248 (89.5)207 (91.2)0.532287 (90.8)162 (89)0.513
CRO294 (86.2)433 (91.9)0.009413 (88.1)314 (91.5)0.109
50-year-old adult
SLO263 (94.6)214 (94.3)0.871300 (94.6)171 (94.0)0.750
CRO316 (92.7)452 (96.0)0.041436 (93.0)332 (96.8)0.017
80-year-old adult
SLO255 (92.4)194 (84.3)0.004289 (91.7)154 (83.2)0.004
CRO313 (91.8)422 (89.6)0.293421 (89.8)314 (91.5)0.393

Characteristics of students by country_

Slovenia f (%)Croatia f (%)P
Gender <0.001
Female375 (75)510 (62.8)
Male125 (25)302 (37.2)
Study <0.001
Philosophy29 (5.7)66 (8.1)
Medical201 (39.3)389 (47.9)
Law220 (43.0)173 (21.3)
Theology30 (5.9)102 (12.6)
Nursing (Health Sciences)32 (6.3)82 (10.1)
Year of study 0.055
First318 (63.1)469 (57.8)
Final186 (36.9)343 (42.2)
Education of father <0.001
Basic or less20 (4)24(2.9)
High school174 (34.6)335 (41.3)
Higher68 (13.5)91 (11.2)
Bachelor115 (22.9)271 (33.4)
Master’s, PhD126 (25)91 (11.2)
Education of mother <0.001
Basic or less18 (3.6)44 (5.4)
High school134 (26.6)335 (41.3)
Higher68 (13.5)77 (9.5)
Bachelor152 (30.2)277 (34.1)
Master’s, PHD132 (26.2)79 (9.7)
Religion <0.001
Atheist228 (44.5)124 (15.3)
Religious284 (55.5)688 (84.7)

The number and share of surveyed students and their resuscitation priority ratings (“position”) for the eight presented cases_

SLO (n=489)PositionCRO (n=812)Position
Premature 24-weeks of gestation infant96 (19.6)3232 (28.6)2
Mature new-born36 (7.4)422 (2.7)6
2-month-old infant97 (19.8)2139 (17.1)3
7-year-old boy206 (42.1)1336 (41.4)1
13-year-old girl27 (5.5)529 (3.6)4
35-year-old adult8 (1.6)78 (1.0)8
50-year-old adult17 (3.5)624 (3.0)5
80-year-old adult.2 (0.4)822 (2.7)7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2019-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 139 - 147
Submitted on: Dec 4, 2018
Accepted on: Jun 4, 2019
Published on: Jun 26, 2019
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Jure PUC, Petra Obadić, Vanja Erčulj, Ana Borovečki, Štefan Grosek, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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