Table 1.
Client (N=85) | Family (N=25) | Clinician (N=30) | ||||
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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).
Percentage refers to those that “Strongly Disagree” or “Disagree” with statement