Table 2.
Bivariate Relationships Between Resident Characteristics and Having an Advance Directivea (AD) (n=123)
| Total | No AD |
Has AD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N | N | % | N | % | Statistic, p-value |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 55 | 23 | 41.8 | 32 | 58.2 | X2=2.604, p=.017 |
| Female | 68 | 19 | 27.9 | 49 | 72.1 | |
| Age | ||||||
| < 80 years | 45 | 19 | 42.2 | 26 | 57.8 | X2=2.971, p=.226 |
| 80-89 years | 63 | 17 | 27.0 | 46 | 73.0 | |
| ≥ 90 years | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 9 | 60.0 | |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 103 | 26 | 25.2 | 77 | 74.8 | Fisher's, p<.001b |
| African American | 20 | 16 | 80.0 | 4 | 20.0 | |
| Education | ||||||
| < High School Grad | 40 | 24 | 60.0 | 16 | 40.0 | X2=17.998, p<.001 |
| ≥ High School Grad | 77 | 16 | 20.8 | 61 | 79.2 | |
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Married or widowed | 105 | 32 | 30.5 | 73 | 69.5 | X2=4.298, p=.038 |
| Sep, div, never mar | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 8 | 44.4 | |
| Living Situation Before Admission | ||||||
| Lived alone | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 3 | 30.0 | Fisher's, p=.019b |
| Lived with others | 112 | 35 | 31.2 | 77 | 68.8 | |
| Study Site | ||||||
| Site A | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 21 | 51.2 | X2=16.129, p<.001 |
| Site B | 60 | 10 | 16.7 | 50 | 83.3 | |
| Site C | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 10 | 45.5 | |
a
Advance directives are documents created before admission to facility describing treatment preferences, designating a health care agent, or both.
b
Fisher's Exact Test