Table 1.

Between-group comparisons of attitudes towards psychiatric advance directives in three Latino stakeholder groups

	Client (N=85)		Family (N=25)		Clinician (N=30)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Psychiatric advance directives will help people stay well	72	85a	22	88a	20	67b
Writing down advance instructions will probably not do any good1	52	61	11	44	21	70
Doctors and hospitals should pay a legal penalty if they fail to follow a patient’s advance instruction	54	64	18	72	16	53
People with mental health problems should…
write down what kind of medicine/treatment they want	64	75	21	84	25	83
choose someone they trust to make decisions for them if they become very ill	79	93	24	96	28	93
talk to their doctor or therapist about what to write down	60	71a	24	96b	28	93a,b
always be allowed to change their mind--even when they are ill--about treatment	30	35	8	32	9	30
People with mental health problems should write down advance instructions for treatment because, otherwise they might be put in a hospital	57	67	18	72	17	57
otherwise they might go without treatment that they need in order to get well	55	65	15	60	24	80
an advance instruction will give them more control over their own lives	65	76	20	80	26	87
Thinking specifically about Latinos with mental illness…
creating psychiatric advance directivs in both English and Spanish will facilitate the effective exchange of information	75	88	23	92	27	90
psychiatric advance directives could be used to convey relevant cultural factors	55	65a	18	72a,b	28	93b
psychiatric advance directives could be used to help family members better communicate with clinicians	69	81	24	96	29	97
psychiatric advance directives could be used to help family members better comprehend client’s needs	71	84	22	88	28	93

Note : Percentages represent “Strongly Agree” and “Agree” (other responses were “Neutral” and “Strongly Disagree” and “Disagree”. Unique superscripts indicate significant between-group chi-square differences (p < 0.05).

¹Percentage refers to those that “Strongly Disagree” or “Disagree” with statement