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Table 1 Psychiatrists’ demographics and professional characteristics (N/%)a

From: The engagement of psychiatrists in the assessment of euthanasia requests from psychiatric patients in Belgium: a survey study

Variables

Sample (N = 178) (No and %)

Gender

 Male

100

56.2

 Female

75

42.1

 Unknown

3

1.7

Age (in years)

  < 30

27

15.1

 30–40 years

39

21.9

 41–60 years

64

36.0

  > 60

48

27.0

Worked as psychiatrist or psychiatric trainee during last year

 Yes

161

90.4

 No

16

9.0

 Unknown

1

0.6

Clinical settingb

 Private or Group Practice

80

44.9

 Psychiatric Hospital Care

120

67.4

 Community Mental HealthCare Center

22

12.4

 Psychiatric Nursing Home

9

5.1

 Psychiatric Home Care

6

3.4

 Sheltered housing

12

6.7

 Otherc

26

14.6

Work experience (in number of years)

  < 5 years

32

18.0

 6–10 years

20

11.2

 11–20 years

41

23.0

  > 20 years

85

47.8

Ever received special training in EOL

 Yes

9

5.1

 No

167

93.8

 Unknown

2

1.1

Readiness to be involved in euthanasia procedure(s)

 Yes

149

83.7

 No

29

16.3

  1. aIn the online survey tool, explicit consent from the respondent had been asked by inserting the question “Do you agree to take part in this survey?” immediately after the informed consent statement and right before the start of the survey. If respondents clicked the option “no”, they have been sent directly to the ‘Non-response Questionnaire’ and only asked to clarify their motives for non-response. Hence, no other data (e.g. sex, work experience) was gathered nor included in this Table
  2. bClose to 43% of the psychiatrists (76 out of 178) indicated to be professionally active in more than one workplace
  3. cOther workplaces: prison or forensic psychiatric centers, psychiatric and psychosocial rehabilitation centers, psychiatric mobile crisis or response teams, other housing and care centers for other subpopulations (e.g. students, disabled persons)