https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/570988
標題: | The Associations Between the Religious Background, Social Supports, and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders in Taiwan: An Observational Study | 作者: | Lin, Kuan-Han YIH-SHARNG CHEN NAI-KUAN CHOU Huang, Sheng-Jean CHAU-CHUNG WU YEN-YUAN CHEN |
公開日期: | 一月-2016 | 卷: | 95 | 期: | 3 | 來源出版物: | Medicine | 摘要: | Prior studies have demonstrated important implications related to religiosity and a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) decision. However, the association between patients' religious background and DNR decisions is vague. In particular, the association between the religious background of Buddhism/Daoism and DNR decisions has never been examined. The objective of this study was to examine the association between patients' religious background and their DNR decisions, with a particular focus on Buddhism/Daoism.The medical records of the patients who were admitted to the 3 surgical intensive care units (SICU) in a university-affiliated medical center located at Northern Taiwan from June 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 were retrospectively collected. We compared the clinical/demographic variables of DNR patients with those of non-DNR patients using the Student t test or χ test depending on the scale of the variables. We used multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine the association between the religious backgrounds and DNR decisions.A sample of 1909 patients was collected: 122 patients had a DNR order; and 1787 patients did not have a DNR order. Old age (P = 0.02), unemployment (P = 0.02), admission diagnosis of "nonoperative, cardiac failure/insufficiency" (P = 0.03), and severe acute illness at SICU admission (P < 0.01) were significantly associated with signing of DNR orders. Patients' religious background of Buddhism/Daoism (P = 0.04), married marital status (P = 0.02), and admission diagnosis of "postoperative, major surgery" (P = 0.02) were less likely to have a DNR order written during their SICU stay. Furthermore, patients with poor social support, as indicated by marital and working status, were more likely to consent to a DNR order during SICU stay.This study showed that the religious background of Buddhism/Daoism was significantly associated with a lower likelihood of consenting to a DNR, and poor social support was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of having a DNR order written during SICU stay. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/570988 | ISSN: | 00257974 | DOI: | 10.1097/MD.0000000000002571 | SDG/關鍵字: | acute disease; adult; Article; Buddhism; cardiac surgery intensive care unit; Catholicism; do not resuscitate order; female; heart failure; human; length of stay; major clinical study; major surgery; male; marriage; medical ethics; medical record review; middle aged; observational study; patient decision making; priority journal; religion; resuscitation; social support; Taiwan; Taoism; unemployment; psychology; retrospective study; social support; Buddhism; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Religion and Medicine; Resuscitation Orders; Retrospective Studies; Social Support; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 醫學教育暨生醫倫理學科所 |
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