Preferences of LTCF residents for written advance directives by country in 2014
| Belgium (N=291) | Finland (N=269) | Italy (N=200) | The Netherlands (N=222) | Poland (N=311) | United Kingdom (N=91) | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| One or more advance directive | 134 | 46.0 | 108 | 40.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 117 | 52.7 | 15 | 4.8 | 70 | 76.9 |
| expressed in the living will | ||||||||||||
| Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 121 | 41.6 | 98 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 103 | 46.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 69 | 75.8 |
| Do not hospitalise | 96 | 33.0 | 21 | 7.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.9 | 18 | 19.8 |
| Request to try all life prolonging | 6 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| measures | ||||||||||||
| Palliative/terminal sedation | 15 | 5.2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||||
| Wish for euthanasia | 10 | 3.4 | NA | NA | 11 | 5.0 | NA | NA | ||||
| Treatments not used or | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| discontinued | ||||||||||||
| Other personal statement | 28 | 9.6 | 10 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Resident's preferences | 16 | 5.5 | 11 | 4.1 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0.5 | 24 | 7.7 | 6 | 6.6 |
| not filled in | ||||||||||||
| Surrogate decision-maker appointed by the resident | 94 | 32.3 | 86 | 32.0 | 30 | 15.0 | NA | 103 | 33.4 | 52 | 57.1 | |
LTCF, long-term care facility; NA, not answered, question not asked.