Table. 4 Attitudes on final say in decisions, initiation and timing of advance care planning
From: Positive attitudes to advance care planning – a Norwegian general population survey
Survey question | Response alternatives | N = 1035a (%) |
|---|---|---|
If you get seriously ill, who would you like to have the final say in healthcare decisions? | Myself | 723 (69.9) |
Next of kin | 171 (16.5) | |
Health care personnel | 96 (9.2) | |
Who should initiate advance care planning? | Myself | 193 (18.6) |
Next of kin | 62 (5.9) | |
General practitioner | 345 (33.4) | |
Hospital physician | 275 (26.6) | |
Nursing home staff | 78 (7.5) | |
Other health care personnel | 16 (1.5) | |
Preferably nobody | 11 (1) | |
Preferred timing of advance care planning | The sooner the better | 170 (16.4) |
By 60 years | 39 (3.8) | |
By 70 years | 42 (4) | |
By 80 years | 15 (1.5) | |
At the time of serious/chronic illness and limited lifetime, independent of age | 710 (68.6) | |
Preferably never | 11 (1) |