Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics on PAD Completers Retained at 1 Year

Characteristics of PAD completers	%	n
Race
African-American	56	70
Caucasian	44	55
Gender
Male	41	51
Female	59	74
Education
Less than high school	24	30
High school graduate or more	76	95
Diagnosis
Psychotic disorder (schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder)	61	76
Affective disorder (bipolar disorder/major depression)	39	49
Psychiatric hospitalization
Was admitted to hospital during 1 year study period	18	23
Stayed out of the hospital during 1 year study period	82	102
Perceptions of F-PAD intervention
Endorsed being unable to do a PAD without F-PAD	94	118
Knew that F-PAD facilitator filed PAD in medical charts	97	121
Endorsed satisfaction with final draft of PAD created in F-PAD	78	98
Indicated the F-PAD was helpful for psychiatric crisis planning	100	125
Content of PAD documents
Listed 3 or more crisis symptoms	79	98
Consented to at least 1 specific psychotropic medication	88	110
Refused at least 1 specific psychotropic medication	71	89
Refused all psychotropic medications	0	0
Prescribed at least 1 strategy to reduce restraints/seclusion	53	66
Listed 3 or more protective factors	60	75
Refused ECT under any circumstance	58	72
Listed aggression among crisis symptoms	18	23
Listed self-harm or suicidal ideation among crisis symptoms	26	33
Listed medical problem that impacts behavior/mental health	16	20

Note. N = 125. PAD = psychiatric advance directive; F-PAD = facilitated psychiatric advance directive; ECT = electroconvulsive therapy.