Cross-sectional research into counselling for non-physician assisted suicide: who asks for it and what happens?

Table 4 Characteristics of counselling in cooperation with foundation De Einder^*

		Total^A(n = 595)	Severe disease (n = 255)	No (severe) disease (n = 280)
		%	%	%	P-value^B
Year of first contact					0.512
	Year of data collection	78	81	77
	One year before year of data collection	13	12	13
	Two to eight years before year of data collection	9	7	10
Number of face-to-face consults					0.055
	1	73	70	76
	2	15	15	15
	3 or more (3 to 21)	12	15	9
Number of total contacts ^C					0.109
	1	7	5	8
	2-3	39	37	43
	4-6	30	30	30
	7 or more (7 to 37)	24	28	20
Involvement of other(s) in counselling and/or openness about counselling towards other(s) ^D					0.001
	Involvement and openness	25	34	20
	Involvement but no openness	13	16	8
	Involvement, openness unknown	11	11	10
	No involvement but openness	15	17	14
	No involvement nor openness	28	18	38
	No involvement, openness unknown	10	4	10
Involvement of which other(s) ^E		^X
	Partner	41	40	44	0.625
	Children	35	39	30	0.288
	Friend	17	17	16	0.901
	Parents	7	10	2	0.067
	Brother/Sister	9	7	10	0.585
	Other family (cousin, grandchild)	5	6	5	1.000
	Medical Professional	1	1	0	1.000
	Non Medical Professional	1	0	2	0.467
Counselling of explicit practical preparation (of gathering means and/or effectuation of suicide)		^X	^X	^X	<0.001
	Explicit practical preparation mentioned by counsellor	55	45	62
	No explicit practical preparation mentioned by counsellor	45	55	38

^= Percentages are rounded therefore the total does not always add up to 100% exactly.
*= Missing observations between 0 and 11; missing is equal to or less than 5.0% (X).
^A= Including 60 clients with unknown severity of/or disease.
^B= Pearson Chi-square test asymptotic significance 2-sided, unless in cursive Fisher’s Exact Test 2-sided; p-value in bold means significant at a level of p=0.001.
^C= Consisting of face-to-face contacts, contacts in writing or by email, and/or contacts by phone.
^D= This variable only for 2012. The N of the respective columns are N = 310 (for Total, including 25 clients with unknown severity of/or disease), N = 119 (for Severe disease) and N = 166 (for No (severe) disease).
^E= This variable only for 2012 and if others involved; adds up to more than 100% because more than one answer possible. The N of the respective columns are N= 148 (for Total, including 13 clients with unknown severity of/or disease), N = 72 (for Severe disease) and N = 63 (for No (severe) disease).

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