. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 27.

Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Jan;62(1):61–66. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.62.1.61

Table 2.

Bivariate associations between serious mental illness and advance directives for U.S. nursing home residents

Directive type	Unadjusted rate of having directives (%)			Unadjusted odds ratio (serious mental illness versus none)
Directive type	All residents	With serious mental illness	Without serious mental illness	OR	95% CI	p
Any	66.0	56.6	67.5	.63	.55–.72	<.001
Basic	62.0	52.8	63.4	.65	.57–.74	<.001
Living will	18.4	12.4	19.4	.59	.49–.71	<.001
Do-not-resuscitate order	56.6	49.1	57.7	.71	.62–.81	<.001
Progressive	17.7	14.4	18.2	.76	.64–.90	.002
Do-not-hospitalize order	3.5	2.5	3.7	.66	.44–.98	.041
Feeding, medication, or other restrictions	16.5	13.5	16.9	.77	.64–.92	.004