Mood disorder No. (%) |
Mood disorder accompanied by another psychiatric disorder No. (%) |
Other psychiatric disorder No. (%) |
Dementia No. (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. (row %) | 83 (46.4) | 12 (6.7) | 22 (12.3) | 62 (34.6) |
Demographic characteristics | ||||
Sex | ||||
Male | 19 (22.9) | 3 (25.0) | 7 (31.8) | 26 (41.9) |
Female | 64 (77.1) | 9 (75.0) | 15 (68.2) | 36 (58.1) |
Age | ||||
18–59 | 29 (34.9) | 10 (83.3) | 19 (86.4) | 4 (6.5) |
60–79 | 22 (26.5) | 2 (16.7) | 2 (9.1) | 33 (53.2) |
80 or older | 32 (38.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 25 (40.3) |
Clinical characteristics | ||||
Place of death | ||||
Hospital | 14 (16.9) | 4 (33.3) | 6 (27.3) | 22 (35.5) |
Home | 43 (51.8) | 7 (58.3) | 13 (59.1) | 29 (46.8) |
Nursing home | 23 (27.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.5) | 10 (16.1) |
Other | 3 (3.6) | 1 (8.3) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (1.6) |
Patient was expected to die in the foreseeable future | 7 (8.4) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (18.2) | 17 (27.4) |
Reported suffering a | ||||
Physical and psychological suffering | 23 (27.7) | 2 (16.7) | 5 (22.7) | 24 (38.7) |
Only physical suffering | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.8) |
Only psychological suffering | 60 (72.3) | 10 (83.3) | 17 (77.3) | 35 (56.5) |
Decision-making characteristics | ||||
Type of request for euthanasia | ||||
Current request | 83 (100) | 12 (100) | 22 (100) | 54 (87.1) |
Advance euthanasia directive b | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (12.9) |
Specialty of second physician c | ||||
Specialist palliative care physician | 5 (6.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (13.6) | 1 (1.6) |
General practitioner | 57 (68.7) | 6 (50.0) | 13 (59.1) | 40 (64.5) |
Specialist in the illness from which the patient suffers | 21 (25.3) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (27.3) | 21 (33.9) |
Specialty of third physician if required (N = 151) d | ||||
Psychiatrist | 66 (86.8) | 12 (100) | 18 (100) | 34 (75.6) |
Specialist in the illness from which the patient suffers | 10 (13.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (24.4) |
Consultations about the request beyond legal requirements | ||||
One or more consultations | 39 (47.0) | 8 (66.7) | 14 (63.6) | 19 (30.6) |
Of which with palliative care team(s) | 18 (21.7) | 3 (25.0) | 5 (22.7) | 6 (9.7) |
Of which with additional physician(s) | 26 (31.3) | 8 (66.7) | 11 (50.0) | 16 (25.8) |