Table 1 Attitude towards truth telling to patients about their medical condition among different socio-demographic subgroups in the survey sample (N = 515)
Participants characteristics | Support Telling Entire Truth (STET) N (%) | Oppose Telling Entire Truth (OTET) N (%) | No position N (%) | P value Chi-Square |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All respondents (515) | 361 (70.9) | 97 (19.1) | 51 (10.0) | |
Gender | 0.18 | |||
Male (n = 251) | 184 (73.3) | 48 (19.1) | 19 (7.6) | |
Female (n = 258) | 177 (68.6) | 49 (19.1) | 32 (12.4) | |
Age | 0.35 | |||
18–34 (n = 195) | 136 (69.8) | 41 (21) | 18 (9.2) | |
35–44 (n = 104) | 80 (76.9) | 19 (18.3) | 5 (4.8) | |
45–54 (n = 74) | 55 (74.3) | 9 (12.2) | 10 (13.5) | |
55–64 (n = 61) | 41 (67.2) | 12 (19.7) | 8 (13.1) | |
65 a (n = 75) | 49 (65.3) | 16 (21.3) | 10 (13.3) | |
Education (years) | <.0001 | |||
< K12 (n = 55) | 41 (74.6) | 12 (21.8) | 2 (3.6) | |
K12 (n = 139) | 103 (74.1) | 29 (20.9) | 7 (5.0) | |
> K 12 nonacademic (vocational) (n = 112) | 58 (51.8) | 32 (28.6) | 22 (19.6) | |
> K12 academic (n = 201) | 158 (78.6) | 24 (11.9) | 19 (9.5) | |
Income | 0.05 | |||
Bellow average (n = 198) | 131 (66.2) | 47 (23.7) | 20 (10.1) | |
Average (n = 112) | 87 (77.7) | 21 (18.7) | 4 (3.6) | |
Above average (n = 139) | 106 (76.3) | 20 (14.4) | 13 (9.3) | |
Religiousness | <.0001 | |||
Secular (n = 211) | 160 (75.8) | 32 (15.2) | 19 (9.0) | |
Tradition keeper (n = 152) | 120 (79.0) | 23 (15.1) | 9 (5.9) | |
Religious (n = 92) | 59 (64.1) | 24 (26.1) | 9 (9.8) | |
Ultra-orthodox (n = 52) | 21 (40.4) | 18 (34.6) | 13 (25) | |
Ethnicity | 0.33 | |||
Jewish (n = 410) | 285 (69.5) | 81 (19.8) | 44 (10.7) | |
Differenta (n = 99) | 76 (76.8) | 16 (16.2) | 7 (7.0) |