Contributes to considered decision
The healthcare professionals indicated that the AGE-ICU is a tool that can contribute to decision making. However, they argue that the tool is not decisive because every situation needs an individual judgement. “It will always depend on how people think about the situation. And so, partly it is objectifiable, but partly it is also subjective” [Interview 9]. The healthcare professionals also mention that with the tool the patient and the family are more involved in decision-making and therefore the tool contributes toshared-decision making . “Then you can sit down together and make the decision together” [Interview 4].