Objectives Advance directives are documents stating treatment preferences in case of future
lack of decision making capacity. In India, as in many other countries, legislators advocate
Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs), while evidence on its use is limited. This study
examined factors influencing PADs by gathering inpatients perspectives on PADs at
discharge and investigating patient characteristics associated with the expression of
treatment wishes in PADs. Methods We conducted a hospital based descriptive study in …