Laypersons' Priority-Setting Preferences for Allocating a COVID-19 Patient to a Ventilator: Does a Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease Matter?
Clin Interv Aging
; 15: 2407-2414, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1034928
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The current study aimed 1) to assess laypersons' priority-setting preferences for allocating ventilators to COVID-19 patients with and without AD while differentiating between a young and an old person with the disease, and 2) to examine the factors associated with these preferences.METHODS:
A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among a sample of 309 Israeli Jewish persons aged 40 and above.RESULTS:
Overall, almost three quarters (71%) of the participants chose the 80-year-old patient with a diagnosis of AD to be the last to be provided with a ventilator. The preferences of the remaining quarter were divided between the 80-year-old person who was cognitively intact and the 55-year-old person with AD. Education and subjective knowledge about AD were significantly associated with participants' preferences.CONCLUSION:
Our results suggest that cognitive status might not be a strong discriminating factor for laypersons' preferences for allocating ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Alzheimer Disease
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Interv Aging
Journal subject:
Geriatrics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cia.S283015
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