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Table 3 Associations with the total score of the Attitudes Towards Euthanasia (ATE) scale

From: Attitudes on euthanasia among medical students and doctors in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study

Category

Mean total ATE score (SD)

p value

Gender

Male (N = 178)

− 6.15 (8.45)

0.455

Female (N = 247)

− 5.58 (6.76)

 

Age

 > median (N = 176)

− 5.36 (7.94)

0.355

 < median (N = 239)

− 6.05 (7.16)

 

Being an atheist

Yes (N = 16)

− 0.50 (8.31)

0.004

No (N = 405)

− 6.03 (7.49)

 

Being a Buddhist

Yes (N = 344)

− 5.79 (7.38)

0.111

No (N = 61)

− 7.43 (7.38)

 

Work and study experience

First year student (N = 143)

− 6.83 (7.41)

0.14

Final year student (N = 141)

− 5.28 (6.93)

 

Practicing doctor (N = 141)

− 5.33 (8.03)

 

Having had a euthanasia request in the past

Yes (N = 92)

− 3.96 (7.00)

0.007

No (N = 333)

− 6.33 (7.57)

 

Being open to the option of euthanasia for oneself

Yes (N = 312)

− 3.55 (6.48)

 < 0.001*

No (N = 113)

− 12.07 (6.55)

 
  1. *Had a significant association in the adjusted analysis