Table 5 Role of parents and neonatologists in decision to continue or withdraw curative treatment in postnatal period
Involved in deliberative process of decision-making | In charge of making the final decision (outcome) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GA ≤ 26 week | GA ≥ 26 week | |||||
Parents n (%) | Neonatologist n (%) | Parents n (%) | Neonatologist n (%) | Parents n (%) | Neonatologist n (%) | |
Always | 40 (72.7) | 56 (100.0) | 7 (13.5) | 51 (91.1) | 10 (19.6) | 51 (92.7) |
Often | 10 (18.2) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (25.0) | 5 (8.9) | 9 (17.6) | 4 (7.3) |
Sometimes | 4 (7.3) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (23.1) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (19.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Never | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (38.5) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (41.2) | 0 (0.0) |
Don’t know | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Missing values | 3 (5.2) | 2 (3.4) | 6 (10.3) | 2 (3.4) | 7 (12.1) | 3 (5.2) |