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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jun 7;59(6):1105–1109. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03412.x

TABLE 2.

Agreement between older persons/surrogate pairs regarding older persons’ participation in ACP activities

ACP activity Agreement: activity completed Agreement: activity not completed Older person reports completion Surrogate reports no completion Surrogate reports completion Older person reports no completion Kappa (95% Confidence interval)
N (%)
Living will 97 (45) 78 (36) 14 (6) 28 (13) .61 (.51, .72)
Health care proxy 64 (30) 82 (38) 8 (4) 61 (28) .39 (.29, .50)
Communication about life-sustaining treatment 103 (47) 37 (17) 31 (14) 47 (22) .22 (.09, .35)
Communication about quality versus quantity of life 86 (40) 47 (22) 21 (10) 62 (29) .23 (.11, .35)