Attitudes towards Advance Care Planning and Healthcare Autonomy among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Beijing, China
Table 2
Participants’ answers to the five questions regarding truth telling, ACP, healthcare autonomy, and end-of-life care.
Number
Sample questions
Yes (%)
No (%)
Refuse to answer (%)
Total (%)
1
“Do you want to hear the real news regarding your own condition from the physician?”
728 (80.9)
92 (10.2)
80 (8.9)
900 (100)
2
“Would you prefer to make your own healthcare decisions?”
472 (52.4)
312 (34.7)
116 (12.9)
900 (100)
3
“Have you ever heard of an ACP?”
138 (15.3)
705 (78.3)
57 (6.4)
900 (100)
4
“Do you want to document in an ACP so that your own values and preferences will be respected in case you become seriously ill?”
355 (39.4)
377 (41.9)
168 (18.7)
900 (100)
5
“Are you willing to endure specific life-prolonging interventions (such as chronic ventilator and feeding tube) to avoid death when faced with irreversible conditions?”
