Determinants of completion of advance directives: a cross-sectional comparison of 649 outpatients from private practices versus 2158 outpatients from a university clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare outpatients from private practices and outpatients from a university clinic regarding the determinants of completion of advance directives (AD) in order to generalise results of studies from one setting to the other. Five determinants of completion of AD were studied: familiarity with AD, source of information about AD, prior experiences with own life-threatening diseases or family members in need of care and motives in favour and against completion of AD.

Design

Observational cross-sectional study.

Setting

Private practices and a university clinic in Germany in 2012.

Participants

649 outpatients from private practices and 2158 outpatients from 10 departments of a university clinic.

Outcome measures

Completion of AD, familiarity wit

SUBMITTER: Pfirstinger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778305 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature