Attitudes Regarding the Use of Ventilator Support Given a Supposed Terminal Condition among Community-Dwelling Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Older Adults: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Description of the community dwelling older Mexican American sample.

Variables	Mexican American (𝑛=100)
Age, mean ± SD	70.1 ± 7.9
Gender, 𝑛 (%)
Male	42 (42.0%)
Female	58 (58.0%)
Education, 𝑛 (%)
Grade 10 or less	37 (37.0%)
10th Grade	63 (63.0%)
Professional/nonprofessional occupation	34 (34.0%)
Health, 𝑛 (%)*
Good or excellent health	62 (61.6%)
Fair or poor health	37 (38.4%)
GDS depressive symptoms
Range 0 to 10 (mean, SD)	1.6 (1.95)
IADL disability, 𝑛 (%)	24 (24.0%)
Marital status, 𝑛 (%)*
Married	62 (62.6%)
Never married, widowed, and separated	37 (37.4%)
Religiosity Scale, mean ± SD	31.9 ± 4.3
English proficiency*	72 (75.8%)
Non-English proficient
3rd generation American*	32 (34.4%)
1st and 2nd generation
% agreement with physician assisted suicide*	(30%)

SD: standard deviation; IADL: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; *: missing values.