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Table 4 Distribution of patients who want life-sustaining treatment (N = 418)

From: Survey of the general public's attitudes toward advance directives in Japan: How to respect patients' preferences

  Artifical Ventilator Artifical Ventilator CPR CPR Dialysis Dialysis Artificial Nutrition Artificial Nutrition
Life expectancy 6 mo. + 2 yr 6 mo. + 2 yr 6 mo. + 2 yr 6 mo. + 2 yr
  % (distribution of patients who want treatment)
Dementia 23.2 % (32) 29.0 % (40) 27.5 % (38) 36.2 % (50) 25.4 % (35) 33.3 % (46) 26.8 % (37) 33.3 % (46)
Irreversible Coma 20.9 % (28) 24.6 % (33) 23.9 % (32) 29.9 % (40) 23.1 % (31) 27.6 % (37) 29.9 % (40) 32.8 % (44)
Temporary Illness 44.4 % (60) 59.3 % (80) 52.2 % (71) 64.7 % (88) 48.9 % (66) 67.4 % (91) 46.3 % (63) 61.0 % (83)
  p < .001 p < .001 p < .001 p < .001 p < .001 p < .001 p < .01 p < .001
  χ2 = 21.9 χ2 = 41.0 χ2 = 28.5 χ2 = 38.0 χ2 = 25.1 χ2 = 51.1 χ2 = 13.3 χ2 = 29.0