Research Article
Completion Rates of Advance Directives in a Trauma Emergency Room: Association with Age
| | | All (n = 399) | Advance directive completed (n = 51) | No advance directive (n = 348) | value |
| | Age, years (±SD) | 40.5 | (±17.6) | 51.8 | (±18.9) | 38.8 | (±16.7) | <0.001 | | Male sex, n (%) | 251 | (62.9) | 27 | (52.9) | 224 | (64.4) | 0.115 | | Insurance type, n (%) | | Private health | 30 | (7.5) | 7 | (13.7) | 23 | (6.6) | 0.072 | | Disability | 126 | (31.6) | 13 | (25.5) | 113 | (32.5) | 0.291 | | Accident | 212 | (53.1) | 27 | (52.9) | 185 | (53.2) | 0.790 |
| | Urban residential location, n (%) | 149 | (37.3) | 12 | (23.5) | 137 | (39.4) | 0.029 |
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Data are expressed as mean (±standard deviation (SD)) or frequencies (%), as appropriate.
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