title: [Seniors' knowledge of and attitudes to advance directive documents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to determine seniors' knowledge of and attitudes toward advance directive documents.
  
  
  METHODS
  We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study in a primary care setting in the provinces of Albacete and Guadalajara, Spain (n = 464).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 86.2% (95% CI: 83.0-89.5) of the participants were unaware of advance directive documents and only 3.4% (95% CI: 1.7-5.3) had formalized one. These documents were positively viewed by 76.7% of the participants (95% CI: 72.8-80.7). The variables associated with positive attitudes toward advance directives in logistic regression were educational level (OR = 4.7; 95% CI: 2.6-8.4) and experience of a situation in which such a document would have helped (OR = 1.7; 95% CI: 1.1-3.4).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Seniors had positive attitudes toward advance directives, but the proportion of persons aware of these documents was low.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación de la Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Albacete, Fundación Sociosanitaria de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, España. fandresp@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andrés-Pretel
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Navarro Bravo
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Párraga Martínez
authors.forename: Ma Antonia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de la Torre García
authors.forename: Ma Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jiménez Del Val
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López-Torres Hidalgo
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over / Q000523:psychology; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain