Intricate decision making: ambivalences and barriers when fulfilling an advance directive

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristics	n	Value
Age (mean, range)	1,237	55.6 years (16–91)
Sex (male/female, %)	1,237	38.97/61.03
Religiousness (self-assessment yes/no, %)	1,232	71.27/28.73
Highest educational achievement (%)	1,231
Lower secondary education		24.45
Higher secondary education		28.68
Qualification for university entrance		9.91
Completed apprenticeship		22.1
University degree		14.87

Table 2 Self-assessment of health condition and the frequency of pain

	Self-assessment of state of health (n=1,228)	Self-assessment of frequency of pain (n=1,231)
Numbers, %	11.64/41.29/36.97/9.28/0.81	39.48/41.51/14.46/4.55

Figure 1 Interviewees’ attitudes toward different therapy approaches in cases of serious illness.

Figure 2 Frequency of emotional (subjective) barriers associated with fulfilling an AD.

Abbreviation: AD, advance directive.