The Iranian physicians attitude toward the do not resuscitate order

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants

Characteristic	Groups	Frequency (%)
Sex	Male	88 (57.8)
	Female	64 (42.2)
Hospital workplace	Imam Reza	89 (58.6)
	Imam Ali	39 (25.6)
	Imam Khomaini	24 (15.8)
Age, years	20–30	37 (24.4)
	31–40	74 (48.6)
	41–50	30 (19.8)
	>50	11 (7.2)
Job experience, years	1–10	96 (63.2)
	11–20	28 (18.4)
	21–30	21(13.6)
	>30	7 (4.6)
Degree	General Physician	31 (20.4)
	Resident	71(46.6)
	Specialist	36 (23.6)
	Physician Professor	14 (9.2)
Experience in CPR	Yes	139 (91.4)
	No	13 (8.6)
Experience of dealing with the	Yes	147 (96.8)
death of a patient	No	5 (3.2)
Experience in executing	Yes	103 (67.8)
nonresuscitation	No	49 (32.2)

Abbreviation: CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Table 2 Univariate t-test on the average score of doctors with respect to do not resuscitate order

Subjects	N	Mean	Base t	df	Probability
Physician	152	3.22	3.116	151	0.002

Abbreviations: df, degree of freedom; t, one-sample t-test.

Table 3 Results of t-test comparing the attitudes of physicians regarding the items

Items	Mean ± SD
1. It is essential to issue and execute the DNR order to patients in end stage of disease	3.34 ± 1.372
2. DNR order protects patients from pain and unnecessary suffering	3.59± 1.192
3. Issuance and executing of DNR order is morally correct.	3.13±1.300
4. Issuance and executing DNR order is in accordance with human dignity of the patients	3.26±1.182
5. DNR order helps to clarify the plan of patient treatment in later stages of life	3.38±1.223
6. Patient should not be resuscitated, if CPR is futile from the view point of the health care providers	3.65±1.186
7. For a patient for whom death is imminent, the DNR order should be issued	3.33±1.317
8. The patient for whom death is inevitable during the next 6–12 months, the DNR order must be issued	2.28±1.136
9. If CPR is futile for my loved ones, I want to issue the DNR order	3.31±1.303
10. DNR order does not conflict with my religious beliefs	3.16±1.327
11. My culture has ideas that are incompatible with the issuance and execution of DNR order	3.01±1.188

Abbreviations: CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNR, do not resuscitate.