| Title | Literacy and race as risk factors for low rates of advance directives in older adults |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | Waite, KR, Federman, AD, McCarthy, DM, Sudore, R, Curtis, LM, Baker, DW, Wilson, EA, Hasnain-Wynia, R, Wolf, MS, Paasche-Orlow, MK |
| Journal | J Am Geriatr SocJ Am Geriatr Soc |
| Volume | 61 |
| Pagination | 403-6 |
| Date Published | Mar |
| ISBN Number | 1532-5415 (Electronic)<br/>0002-8614 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 23379361 |
| Keywords | Advance Directives, African Americans/statistics & numerical data, Aged, Chicago, Cross-Sectional Studies, Educational Status, European Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data, Female, Health Literacy, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Patient Acceptance of Health Care/ ethnology |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To examine the effect of the relationship between literacy and other individual-level factors on having an advance directive (AD). DESIGN: Face-to-face structured interview. SETTING: Participants were recruited from an academic general internal medicine clinic and one of four federally qualified health centers in Chicago. PARTICIPANTS: Seven hundred eighty-four adults aged 55 to 74. MEASUREMENTS: Assessment of participant literacy, sociodemographic factors, and having an AD for medical care. RESULTS: One-eighth (12.4%) of participants with low literacy, 26.6% of those with marginal literacy, and 49.5% of those with adequate literacy reported having an AD (P |
| Short Title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society |
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