title: Predictors of Agreement With Writing Advance Directives Among Older Korean Adults.
abstract: To determine the predictors of agreement with writing advance directives (ADs) among older Korean adults.
  
  
  
  This was a secondary analysis of a study that compared the differences in knowledge, experience, and preference about ADs between community and facility-dwelling older adults. Data were collected through self-reported questionnaires. In this study, after 25 cases were excluded from the original sample (N = 181) for incomplete data, a sample of 156 was analyzed using multiple logistic regression analysis.
  
  
  
  Older adults' experiences with having thought about life-sustaining treatments, odds ratio (OR) = 4.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) [1.56, 10.38], agreements with legalization of ADs, OR = 4.68, 95% CI [1.69, 12.96], and wishes to obtain information about medical status, OR = 3.78, 95% CI [1.66, 8.64], were identified as the predictors of agreement with writing ADs.
  
  
  
  Discussion channels and educational programs about ADs should be developed for older Korean adults.
authors.affiliation: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jaewon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea jasong@korea.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Jun-Ah
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology
keywords: advance directives; aged; terminal care