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Table 3 Parental and medical influence regarding antenatal decisions before and after 26 weeks of gestational age

From: End-of-life decisions and practices for very preterm infants in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation of Belgium

 

≤  26 weeks

26 weeks

Parents

n (%)

Neonatologists

n (%)

Parents

n (%)

Neonatologists

n (%)

1 – Most influential

24 (42.9)

25 (44.6)

9 (16.4)

44 (78.6)

2 – Very Influential

17 (30.4)

18 (32.1)

21 (38.2)

5 (8.9)

3 – Somewhat influential

12 (21.4)

8 (14.3)

17 (30.9)

2 (3.6)

4 – Less influential

3 (5.4)

5 (8.9)

8 (14.5)

5 (8.9)

Missing values

2 (3.4)

2 (3.4)

3 (5.2)

2 (3.4)