This study population, which consisted of people with an advance directive or a will to live statement, have probably already thought about end-of-life issues.
Almost all people with a wish to live statement had religious beliefs, compared to 36% of the people with an advance directive formulated by the Right to die-NL.
During the first data-collection cycle the cohort consisted of 4,496 people who had one or more advance directives formulated by the Right to Die-NL, and 1,261 people who had a wish to live statement.
The response rate was 91%and82%2%, respectively, in the people with an advance directive from the Right to die-NL and the people with a wish to live statement who received the open-ended question.
Accordingly, there were four groups: 1) people with one or more advance directives from the Right to Die-NL who received the open-ended question, 2) people with one or more advance directives from the Right to Die-NL who received the PDI, and 3) people with a wish to live statement who received the open-ended question, and 4) people with a wish to live statement who received the PDI.
All of the PDI items, apart from the item "Thinking how life might end", were thought to be relevant to sense of dignity at the end of life by people with an advance directive formulated by the Right to die-NL, and by people with a wish to live statement.
The response rate in the people who received the questionnaire including the PDI varied per item, from 88% to 92% among people with an advance directive from the Right to die-NL and from 80%to84%4% in people with a wish to live statement.
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