Table 2. Table comparing the actual content of people’s ADs (coloured blue) with the aspirational content (coloured green).

Aspirational content is divided into two samples (1) the subsample with ADs and (2) the total sample.

Content of ADs	What information does your AD contain?		What should an AD contain?
	People with ADs		People with ADs		Total sample
	n	% (n = 337)	n	% (n = 337)	n	% (n=932)
Requesting specific medications	134	40	237	70	639	69
Refusing specific medications	118	35	245	73	636	68
Refusing all medications	10	3	78	23	190	20
Requesting ECT	17	5	95	28	241	26
Refusing ECT	104	31	229	70	585	63
Requesting hospitalisation	110	33	220	65	631	68
Where to be treated	108	32	246	73	649	70
Where not to be treated	102	30	212	63	581	62
Description of behaviour or speech used when in a crisis	154	46	253	75	642	69
Planning your discharge	33	10	211	63	568	61
Who makes decisions if you are unable to make decisions for yourself	230	68	313	90	827	89
Who takes responsibility for your finances	159	47	258	77	720	77
Contact details of who to notify	238	71	294	87	806	87
Who not to notify	80	24	182	54	485	52