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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2009 Jul-Aug;32(4):335–341. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181a52510

Table 4.

Relationships Between Psychosocial Characteristics and ADs at Baseline

	Patients With ADs (n = 175^a)	Patients Without ADs (n = 184^a)	CI	t	P
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	CI	t	P
Charlson	0.57 (1.0)	0.58 (1.2)	−0.250 to 0.218	−0.133	.89
FACT-G total score	82.2 (15.1)	79.1 (16.8)	−0.347 to 6.54	1.77	.078
FACIT-spirituality	36.3 (8.9)	37.3 (8.2)	−2.86 to 0.778	−1.13	.261
POMS-depression subscale	2.4 (2.8)	3.1 (3.6)	−1.36 to 0.021	−1.92	.058
POMS-total mood disturbance score	12.2 (15.3)	13.3 (19.5)	−5.25 to 2.39	−0.734	.461

Abbreviations: AD, advance directive; CI, confidence interval; FACIT, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-being Scale; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; POMS, Profile of Mood States.

Differences in sample sizes are due to missing data. Sample sizes: Charlson, n = 359; FACT-G, n = 335; FACIT, n = 343; POMS-depression, n = 340; POMS-total score, n = 325.