Healthcare providers’ perspectives on factors influencing their critical care decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international pilot survey

Table 3 Factors influencing clinical decision making (personal, family, financial, hospital administration and communication)

	No influence	Very little influence	Moderate influence	One of the important factors	Most important factor
Patient-related factors
Age influence on treatment	14 (13.7)	21 (20.6)	33 (32.4)	30 (29.4)	4 (3.9)
Age influence on decision to access ventilator	24 (23.5)	16 (15.7)	36 (35.3)	23 (22.5)	3 (2.9)
Sex influence on treatment	90 (88.2)	8 (7.8)	2 (2)	1 (1)	1 (1)
Patient’s family and financial status-related factors
Patient’s financial status influence on treatment plan	60 (58.8)	15 (14.7)	23 (22.5)	3 (2.9)	1 (1)
Family member presence influence on treatment plan	47 (46.1)	39 (38.2)	9 (8.8)	5 (4.9)	2 (2)
Hospital administration-related factors
Time of arrival influence on treatment plan	39 (38.2)	18 (17.6)	19 (18.6)	21 (20.6)	5 (4.9)
Hospital policies and decisions helpful in treatment plan	20 (19.6)	31 (30.4)	29 (28.4)	16 (15.7)	6 (5.9)
Hindrance of hospital policies and decisions in treatment plan	41 (40.2)	39 (38.2)	16 (15.7)	4 (3.9)	2 (2)
Clinical research data collection influence on patient treatment	43 (42.2)	30 (29.4)	13 (12.7)	8 (7.8)	8 (7.8)
Communication-related factors
Social media information influence on treatment plan	59 (57.8)	33 (32.4)	9 (8.8)	0 (0)	1 (1)
Language influence on treatment	98 (96.1)	3 (2.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)

Data presented as frequency (percentage).