Perspectives of healthcare providers on withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and advanced directives for unresponsive wakefulness syndrome in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We performed the current research to describe healthcare providers' perspectives toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WLST) and advanced directive (AD) of patients with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) and to identify influencing factors of their perspectives.

Methods

Healthcare providers were recruited during a professional conference on disorders of consciousness (DoC). Participants completed self-administered questionnaires which included demographics, personal perspectives regarding WLST and the perception of ADs.

Results

A total of 230 Chinese healthcare providers (female: 69.7%) were included. Only a small proportion reported positive attitudes toward withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration (35.2%), antibiotics (30.9%), and do

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350639 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature