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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Nov;163(11):1943–1951. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.163.11.1943

TABLE 1. Completion Outcomes of Psychiatric Advance Directives for All Participants (N=469).

Group and Type of Directive Completed Completed Psychiatric Advance Directives
Completed Before
Baseline
Completed Between
Baseline and 2 Months
Total
N % N % N %
Intervention group (N=239)
 Type of directive completed
  Stand-alone advance instruction 1 0.42 32 13.39 33 13.81
  Stand-alone health care power of attorney 2 0.84 11 4.60 13 5.44
  Both advance instruction and health care power
   of attorney
0 0.00 103 43.10 103 43.10
 Total with any psychiatric advance directive 3 1.26 146 61.09 149 62.34
Control group (N=230)
 Type of directive completed
  Stand-alone advance instruction 0 0.00 3 1.30 3 1.30
  Stand-alone health care power of attorney 1 0.43 1 0.43 2 0.87
  Both advance instruction and health care power
   of attorney
0 0.00 3 1.30 3 1.30
 Total with any psychiatric advance directive 1 0.43 7 3.04 8 3.48