it was otherwise silent to issues related to life quantity and quality.
Reliability was studied through test-retest assessment, re-sorting after assuming certain extreme points of view (for example, placing absolute value on life quality or life quantity), and focused probing in an interview session following completion of Q-sorts.
This unit of measure combines information on length of life (quantity) and quality of life, where the latter is measured on a scale that has values of 1 and 0, respectively, for full health and death (Fig. 1).
More than 60%% of African [ 36, 37] and a higher percentage of European [ 35] general public preferred life-quality over life-quantity.
At the end-of-life, life-quality and life-quantity often become a dichotomy, and individuals and cultures often choose different points of equilibrium.
and were silent regarding "I want to live longer regardless of my medical condition".; suggesting an equally strong life-quantity concern as well.
We were able to stratify respondents into life-quality-concerned, life-quantity-concerned (2 opinion types), life-quality and quantity-concerned, and life-quality/quantity-neutral.
Similarly, score differences between opinion type I and opinion type V (life-quantity-concerned) in relation to "I want to die maintaining my dignity".
Type-II (rituals-apt, family-dependent, monitoring-coping, life-quantity-concerned) and Type-III (rituals-silent, self/family-neutral, avoidance-coping, life-quality & quantity-concerned) reported the best and worst life-quality, respectively.
This opinion type even gave dis-priority score to "I want to die free of pain" (justified as "Pain would be expected when the soul departs from the flesh")., indicating a strong life-quantity concern.
Type-I (rituals-averse, family-caring, monitoring-coping, life-quality-concerned) and Type-V (rituals-apt, family-centered, neutral-coping, life-quantity-concerned) reported the lowest and highest religiosity, respectively.
