Table 7. Attitudes towards potential barriers to ADM.

Collapsed Likert scales	Agree	Neutral	Disagree
n = 932	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
I don’t understand enough about ADM	434 (47)	202 (22)	275 (30)
I don’t understand my condition well enough to make an AD	104 (11)	134 (14)	673 (72)
I don’t see the point because Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment can be overruled by the Mental Health Act	233 (25)	317 (34)	360 (39)
Mental health workers have more than enough time to help with ADM	141 (15)	183 (20)	599 (64)
It would be too distressing to think about times when I have been unwell during the process of making an AD	173 (19)	207 (22)	531 (57)
I don’t think mental health teams would be able to access an AD when they need it	338 (36)	303 (33)	275 (30)
I don’t think mental health practitioners would respect an AD	313 (34)	318 (34)	284 (30)
	Easy	Neutral	Difficult
How easy do you think it is to make an AD?	198 (21)	298 (32)	433 (47)
	Very/extremely	Slight/moderately	Not at all
How important is it to you that an AD should be “legally binding”?	665 (71)	227 (24)	32 (3)