Table 3.
Sources of information about AD, separately for outpatients of a university clinic and outpatients from private practices
| Outpatients of a university clinic with completion of AD (N1=600) |
Outpatients of private practices with completion of AD (N2=181) |
|
| Participant self-informed before completion of AD (n1=567; n2=174) | 548 (97) | 167 (96) |
| Participant discussed her/his decision with a confidant (n1=581; n2=170) |
||
| Once | 154 (27) | 50 (29) |
| Several times | 398 (68) | 111 (65) |
| Participant was counselled (n1=593; n2=174) | ||
| By a physician | 143 (24) | 30 (17) |
| By a lawyer | 215 (36) | 65 (37) |
| University clinic outpatients (N1=2158) |
Private practice outpatients (N2=649) |
|
| Participant wants to be counselled (n1=1483; n2=428) (multiple answers possible) | ||
| By her/his family physician | 762 (51) | 266 (62) |
| By a medical specialist | 213 (14) | 35 (8) |
| By a clinician | 215 (15) | 28 (6) |
| By a lawyer | 87 (6) | 28 (6) |
Sample sizes (n1, n2) for particular variables differ from the total sample sizes (N1, N2) due to missing values. For all variables, the numbers of participants (percentages in brackets) are given
AD, advance directive.