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 ()
Age, mean ± SD
70.1 ± 7.9
Gender, (%)
Male
42 (42.0%)
Female
58 (58.0%)
Education, (%)
Grade 10 or less
37 (37.0%)
10th Grade
63 (63.0%)
Professional/nonprofessional occupation
34 (34.0%)
Health, (%)*
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, (%)
24 (24.0%)
Marital status, (%)*
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.