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Table 5 Estimated weights of mortality and morbidity and values of regret in all the countries

From: Intuitive weights of harm for therapeutic decision making in smear-negative pulmonary Tuberculosis: an interview study of physicians in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

 

India (n = 77)

Pakistan (n = 84)

Bangladesh (n = 81)

All countries (n = 242)

Weight of morbidity related to the disease (%)¶

20 (10-30)

30 (17.5-50)

35 (20-45)

25 (15-40)

Weight of morbidity related to treatment (%)¶

80 (75-90)

50 (20-60)

50 (40-80)

60 (40-80)

Regret due to provoked but justified death (relative to natural death)¶

1(1-2)

1 (1-2)

2 (1-2)

1 (1-2)

Regret due to provoked but unjustified death (relative to natural death)*

3 (2.5-4)

2 (1-3)

3 (2-5)

3 (2-4)

Regret of death due to omission (relative to natural death)¶

4 (4-5)

3 (1-3.5)

4 (3-7)

4 (3-5)

  1. *p < 0.05, ¶ p < 0.001.