Table 2 Characteristics of physicians who responded that they had in the past decided to forgo initiation of CPR

Gender

Female

13^a (19.1%)

24^a (23.1%)

11^a (26.8%)

48 (22.5%)

0.197

Male

30 ^a (22.9%)

48 ^a (25.8%)

27 ^b (40.3%)

105 (27.3%)

Degree of religiosity

Secular

25^a (19.1%)

40^a,b (22.9%)

20^b (35.7%)

85^a (23.5%)

0.035

Observant

6^a (17.1%)

13^a (27.1%)

6^a (24.0%)

25^a (23.1%)

Religious/orthodox

13^a (37.1%)

20^a (29.4%)

12^a (44.4%)

45^b (34.6%)

Parental status

Not a parent

4^a (10.5%)

9^a (21.4%)

13^b (54.2%)

26 (25.0%)

0.847

Has children

39^a (24.9%)

64^a (25.8%)

25^a (29.8%)

128 (25.9%)

Medical specialty

Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency medicine

23^a (27.4%)

36^a,b (22.9%)

23^b (37.7%)

82 (27.2%)

0.301

Other^*

20^a (17.2%)

35^a (26.3%)

14^a (31.1%)

69 (23.5%)

Time of last ACLS course

Never or more than 2 years

32^a (23.0%)

55^a (27.5%)

23^b (44.2%)

110 (28.1%)

0.079

Less than 2 years

12^a (19.0%)

18^a (19.8%)

15^a (26.8%)

45 (21.4%)

Prefer not to take risks

Disagree

14 ^a (26.9%)

24^a (30.4%)

19^a (42.2%)

57 (32.4%)

0.014

Agree or don’t know

29^a (19.9%)

47^a (22.2%)

19^a (30.2%)

95 (22.6%)

Characteristic

Israel Med (IQR, min-max)

Indonesia Med (IQR, min-max)

Mexico Med (IQR, min-max)

Total Med (IQR, min-max)

P value

Age

40 (17, 28–66)

39 (15, 28–69)

36 (19, 28–69)

39 (15, 28–69)

0.955

Years practicing medicine

16 (17, 1–40)

12 (18, 1–44)

11 (23, 3–44)

12 (17, 1–44)

0.619

Years practicing emergency medicine

8 (18, 0–30)

5 (8, 0–30)

2 (5, 0–30)

4 (10, 0–30)

0.092

Knowledge score (Scale 1–5)

3 (1, 1–5)

2 (1, 1–5)

3 (1, 1–4)

3 (1, 1–5)

0.979

Patient oriented assessment of the preference for sanctity vs. quality of life¹ (Scale 1–5)

3 (2, 1–5)

3 (2, 1–5)

3 (2, 1–5)

3 (2, 1–5)

0.005

Self-assessment of the preference for sanctity vs. quality of life¹ (Scale 1–5)

3 (2, 1–5)

3 (2, 1–5)

5 (0, 3–5)

4 (2, 1–5)

< 0.001