Table 3 Factor analysis of the Advance Care Planning Questionnaire

Feelings regarding advance care planning (5) (n = 230)

Feelings regarding advance care planning (5)

Felt better to have expressed wishes in advance if I had a heart attack or on a breathing machine

0.972

0.915

0.999

0.889

Felt better to have expressed wishes in advance if I had severe dementia

0.961

Felt better to have expressed wishes in advance if I had a stroke

0.959

Felt better to have expressed wishes in advance if I had cancer

0.952

Felt better to have expressed wishes in advance if I had a road accident or in a coma

0.943

Justifications for advance care planning (7) (n = 179)

Justifications for advance care planning (4)

I hope to not burden my family with my medical treatment preferences

0.804

0.597

0.978

0.751

I want to be able to make my own decision

0.797

I am aware that I could possibly lose my decision making power as a result of becoming seriously ill or injured

0.773

There may be differences in opinions between my family members

0.713

Justifications for not having advance care planning (10) (n = 55)

Fate and religion (4)

I believed that planning for my death would mean there is no hope for me

0.846

0.624

0.895

0.723

I believed that the discussion of the topic of death was seen as “unlucky” and I tried to avoid discussing about it

0.830

I will take it as it comes, as I have no control over my death

0.759

I felt that it was best to leave to fate or to God

0.733

Avoid thinking about death (3)

I do not want to think I will die or lose my memory

0.894

0.607

0.840

0.547

I cannot imagine myself in such a situation

0.850

I am currently healthy and there is no need to consider such decisions

0.549