When is it considered reasonable to start a risky and uncomfortable treatment in critically ill patients? A random sample online questionnaire study

Table 1 Description of the study population

	N	Percentage (from total participants n = 1052)
Sex
Female	653	62.1
Male	396	37.6
No answer	3	0.3
Religion
Christian	890	84.6
Atheist	108	10.3
Buddhism	10	1.0
Islam	2	0.2
Other	30	2.9
No answer	12	1.1
Religious
Yes	531	50.5
No	510	48.5
No answer	11	1
Country
Austria	932	88.6
Germany	38	3.6
Italy	14	1.3
Switzerland	13	1.2
Other^a	43	4.1
No answer	12	1.1
Education
University	693	65.9
High school	140	13.3
Apprenticeship	202	19.2
Compulsory education	14	1.3
No answer	3	0.3

^aAlgeria, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand

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