Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

	Individuals living with mental illness† N = 26	Preferred Alternative Decision-maker N = 26	p-value
Living with
Psychosis symptoms	77% (20)	–	N/A
Mood or anxiety symptoms	23% (6)	–
Gender
Women	15% (4)	73% (19)	P < 0.0011
Men	81% (21)	27% (7)
Mean age in years*	35 (10)	52 (17)	P = 0.0012
Ethnicity**
American Indian or Alaskan	0% (0)	5% (1)	P = 1.001
White	58% (15)	54% (14)
Other	35% (9)	31% (8)
Currently living***
Alone	42% (11)	4% (1)	P < 0.0011
With family	49% (10)	81% (21)
With friends	3% (1)	12% (3)
Group home or halfway house	4% (1)	0% (0)
Marital Status††
Single	70% (18)	12% (3)	P < 0.0011
Divorced or widowed	8% (2)	23% (6)
Married or living with partner	15% (4)	65% (17)

^*m = number of missing observations = 4

^**Preferred Alternative Decision-makers, m = 2; ill individuals, m = 2

^***Preferred Alternative Decision-maker, m = 1; and ill individual, m = 3

^†Community-dwelling Individuals living with psychosis, mood or anxiety disorder by self-report

^††Ill individual, m = 2

Tests used:

¹Fisher’s test;

²t-test