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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

From: Differences in attitudes towards end-of-life care among intensivists, oncologists and prosecutors in Brazil: a nationwide survey

Characteristic

ICU

Onco

MPU

p-value

Age (years), median (IQR)

41 (35–48)

38 (34–42)

41 (35–47.5)

0.023

Years since university graduation, median (IQR)

15 (10–24)

13.5 (9–19)

18 (12–24.5)

0.003

Male gender, N (%)

246 (54.7)

39 (45.3)

78 (75.7)

< 0.001

Believes in God, N (%)

366 (81.3)

71 (82.6)

75 (72.8)

0.003

Personal experience with terminal illnesses, N (%)

402 (86.1)

68 (76.4)

77 (73.3)

0.002

Professional experience with terminal illnesses, N (%)

461 (98.9)

89 (100)

24 (22.9)

< 0.001

  1. ICU intensivists, MPU prosecutors from the Ministerio Publico da Uniao, Onco oncologists