11.10.2018New article by Manya Hendriks et al. on the different societal attitudes and values in Switzerland toward shared decision-making for extreme preterm infants

Manya Hendriks et al. have published an article on the different societal attitudes and values in Switzerland toward shared decision-making for extreme preterm infants in Acta Paediatrica

Aims

This study explored the societal attitudes and values in Switzerland with regard to extreme preterm infants.

Methods

A nationwide trilingual telephone survey was conducted in the French, German and Italian speaking regions of Switzerland to explore the general population's attitudes and values with regard to extreme prematurity.

Results

Of the 5,112 people contacted, 1,210 (23.7%) participated. Most participants (77.8%) highlighted their strong preference for shared decision-making and 64.6% said that if there was dissent then the parents should have the final word. Overall, our logistic regression model showed that regional differences were the most significant factors influencing decision-making.

Conclusion

The majority of the Swiss population clearly favoured shared decision-making. The context of socio-cultural demographics, especially the linguistic region in which the decision-making took place, strongly influenced attitudes toward extreme prematurity and decision-making.

Link

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.13680/full 

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