Belgian psychiatrists’ attitudes towards, and readiness to engage in, euthanasia assessment procedures with adults with psychiatric conditions: a survey

Table 3 Psychiatrists’ attitude towards euthanasia for psychiatric patients related to their personal and professional characteristics

	N	Mean	SD	F	p-value	95 CI
	N	Mean	SD	F	p-value	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Sex
Male	93	3.674	.215	.424	.516	3.249	4.100
Female	74	3.804	.173			3.462	4.146
Perceived Competence
No	86	3.657	.205	.003	.959	3.251	4.063
Yes	81	3.825	.191			3.449	4.202
Work Setting
Community-based	52	3.451	.274	2.832	.095	2.908	3.993
Hospital-based	115	3.963	.127			3.713	4.214
Work Experience
< 5–10 years (group 1)	51	3.704	.297	.397	.673	3.117	4.291
11–20 years (group 2)	39	4.026	.273			3.486	4.566
> 20 (group 3)	77	3.510	1.44			3.225	3.795

^a Dependent Variable: Euthanasia should remain legally allowed for psychiatric patients
^b R Squared = .181 (Adjusted R Squared = .076)

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