Table 5

Correlates for positive preference towards ADs

Correlates

b

Beta

p value

Experience with hospitalization and death (Yes = 1)

0.072

0.052

0.312

Awareness regarding living wills^a

0.153

0.167

0.001**

Experience with the use of ADs (Yes = 1)

0.247

0.126

0.019*

Preference for end-of-life treatment^b

0.158

0.161

0.002**

Preference for information disclosure^c

0.087

0.105

0.043*

Intentions of creating a will^d

0.193

0.127

0.015*

Sex (Male = 1)

-0.101

-0.073

0.165

Age

20's

0.164

0.098

0.167

30's

0.105

0.054

0.409

40's

0.123

0.073

0.304

50's

0.068

0.043

0.529

60's

Baseline category

Education^e

0.067

0.049

0.371

Religion^f

0.019

0.011

0.822

Self-rated Health Status^g

-0.068

-0.065

0.201

R² 0.17

Symbols indicate level of significance: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. Preference toward ADs (dependent variable): Strongly agree = 4, Moderately agree = 3, Moderately disagree = 2, Strongly disagree = 1, ^aYes = 3, Yes, but I am unsure of its meaning = 2, No = 1, ^b"Agree with b" = 4, "Fairly agree with b" = 3, "Fairly agree with a" = 2, "Agree with a" = 1, ^c"Agree with a" = 4, "Fairly agree with a" = 3, "Fairly agree with b" = 2, "Agree with b" = 1, ^dYes = 1, No or Undecided = 0, ^eUniversity/College or more = 1, Junior College, High school, Junior high school = 0, ^fBuddhism, Shinto, Christian, and others = 1, None = 0, ^gGood = 4, Fairly good = 3, Fairly poor = 2, Poor = 1.

Akabayashi et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2003 4:5   doi:10.1186/1472-6939-4-5