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Table 2 Survey General Practitioners (GPs)

From: Advance directive: does the GP know and address what the patient wants? Advance directive in primary care

Number advanced directives

≤5

 

6–10

 

11–15

 

> 15

 

Total

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Number GPs*

77

65,81

20

17,09

14

11,97

6

5,13

117

100

Approach#

 

During the same consultation

14

18,18

2

10,00

0

0,00

1

16,67

17

14,53

A different consultation was made

7

9,09

2

10,00

1

7,14

1

16,67

11

9,40

I gave information and planned a follow-up consultation

45

58,44

13

65,00

11

78,57

4

66,67

73

62,40

Other

11

14,29

3

15,00

2

14,29

0

0,00

16

13,68

Initiator#,!

 

I brought up the subject

18

17,47

7

24,13

7

29,16

0

0,00

32

19,75

The patient brought up the subject

63

6,11

15

51,72

11

45,83

6

100

95

58,64

A family-member brought up the subject

16

15,53

3

10,34

3

12,50

0

0,00

22

13,58

Other

6

5,82

4

13,79

3

12,50

0

0,00

13

8,02

Obstacles#,!

 

It’s very time-consuming

31

22,46

8

29,62

7

25,00

0

0,00

46

23,11

The form is too difficult

18

13,80

2

7,40

4

14,28

3

50,00

27

13,56

Lack of knowledge

15

10,86

4

14,81

1

3,57

1

16,66

21

10,55

Lack of experience

27

19,56

3

11,11

1

3,57

0

0,00

31

15,57

Bad experience

1

0,72

0

0,00

0

0,00

0

0,00

1

0,50

No classification number

10

7,24

4

14,81

3

10,71

0

0,00

17

8,54

Heavy/emotional subject

16

11,59

3

11,11

6

21,42

2

33,33

27

13,56

Other

20

14,49

3

11,11

6

21,42

0

0,00

29

14,57

  1. *This percentage is calculated in proportion to the total number of participants
  2. # These percentages are calculated in proportion to the number of participants in the group, the groups are divided by the number of advance directives. Due to rounding the sum is not always 100%.
  3. ! The participants could choose multiple answers, the sum of the answers is therefore not matching the number of