Table 2. Burden experienced by GPs in euthanasia practice for people with dementia and other diseases (several answers possible)

Burden experience	Patients with another disease than dementia n (%)^a	Patient with dementia n (%)^b	χ²^a
Emotional burden GP	284 (69.0)	86 (52.8)	0.000
Pressure from the patient	155 (37.8)	56 (34.4)	0.167
Pressure from relatives	173 (42.2)	70 (42.9)	0.560
Uncertainty technical performance	107 (26.1)	12 (7.4)	0.000
Uncertainty mental competence	51 (12.4)	77 (47.2)	0.015
Uncertainty AED	17 (4.1)	43 (26.4)	0.046
Time pressure	167 (40.7)	16 (9.8)	0.121
No burden experience	22 (5.4)	14 (8.6)	0.001

AED = advanced euthanasia directive. ^a n = 410 (experiences with request or performance). ^b n = 163; 14 GPs did not respond to this question.