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Table 6 Criteria influencing the decision to withdraw curative treatment

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

 

The baby’s expected subsequent quality of life

n (%)

The family’s expected subsequent quality of life

n (%)

The short or medium term prognosis of survival

n (%)

The subsequent prognosis concerning morbidity

n (%)

The parents’ subjective experience at the time of birth

n (%)

Always

42 (75.0)

8 (14.5)

35 (62.5)

37 (66.1)

5 (9.3)

Almost always

11 (19.6)

15 (27.3)

11 (19.6)

10 (17.9)

3 (5.6)

Often

2 (3.6)

17 (30.9)

8 (14.3)

5 (8.9)

10 (18.5)

Sometimes

1 (1.8)

12 (21.8)

2 (3.6)

4 (7.1)

16 (29.6)

Rarely

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

0 (0)

0 (0.0)

9 (16.7)

Never

0 (0.0)

2 (3.6)

0 (0)

0 (0.0)

11 (20.4)

Missing values

2 (3.4)

3 (5.2)

2 (3.4)

2 (3.4)

4 (6.9)