Table 2. Advance directives.
| Total, n (%) | 50 (100) |
| Content | |
| Free text | 11 (22) |
| Prewritten (prepared text with options to check) | 39 (78) |
| Organ donors | 3 (6) |
| Organ donation in contradiction of rejection of LSM?*1 | 2 (4) |
| Medical care proxy | 49 (98) |
| Validity criteria categories | |
| Serious long-term brain damage | 25 (50) |
| Coma with no prospect of regaining consciousness | 34 (68) |
| Lasting loss of vital body functions | 24 (48) |
| Inevitable death | 37 (74) |
| End stage of disease | 25 (50) |
| Dementia, mental confusion | 14 (28) |
| No dignified existence | 5 (10) |
| Other*2 | 10 (20) |
| No. of validity criteria | |
| 1 to 2 | 8 (16) |
| 3 to 4 | 31 (62) |
| 5 to 6 | 10 (20) |
| 8 | 1 (2) |
| No. of advance directives in which LSM rejected in writing | 50 (100) |
LSM: life-sustaining measures
*1Written consent for organ donation contradicts written rejection of life-sustaining measures.
*2This includes wording such as “comparable conditions not specifically mentioned here,” “very severe physical suffering.”