ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2016
Valued life abilities among veteran cancer survivors.
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- Assessing What Matters Most in Older Adults With Multicomplexity.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Understanding what matters most to patients in acute care in seven countries, using the flash mob study design.BMC health services research · 2021Observational
- Outcome Goals and Health Care Preferences of Older Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Measuring Adoption of Patient Priorities-Aligned Care Using Natural Language Processing of Electronic Health Records: Development and Validation of the Model.JMIR medical informatics · 2021Article
- Integrated Model for Patient-Centered Advanced Liver Disease Care.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2020Review
- What Matters? The Valued Life Activities of Older Adults Undergoing Elective Surgery.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019Observational
- Development of a Clinically Feasible Process for Identifying Individual Health Priorities.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2018Article
- Older Adult and Surrogate Perspectives on Serious, Difficult, and Important Medical Decisions.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2018Article
- Understanding What Is Most Important to Individuals with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Qualitative Study of Patients' Perspectives.Journal of general internal medicine · 2017Article
- Activity limitations and subjective well-being after stroke.Neurology · 2017Article
- Health Values and Treatment Goals of Older, Multimorbid Adults Facing Life-Threatening Illness.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhen patients have multiple chronic illnesses, it is not feasible to provide disease-based care when treatments for one condition adversely affect another. Instead, health-care delivery requires a broader person-centred treatment plan based on collaborative, patient-oriented values and goals.
objectiveWe examined the individual variability, thematic content, and sociodemographic correlates of valued life abilities and activities among multimorbid veterans diagnosed with life-altering cancer. SETTING AND
participantsParticipants were 144 veterans in the 'Vet-Cares' study who completed a health-care values and goals scale 12 months after diagnosis of head and neck, gastro-oesophageal, or colorectal cancer. They had mean age of 65 years and one quarter identified as Hispanic and/or African American.
designAt twelve months post-diagnosis, participants rated 16 life abilities/activities in their importance to quality of life on a 10-point Likert scale, during an in-person interview. Scale themes were validated via exploratory factor analysis and examining associations with sociodemographic variables.
resultsParticipants rated most life abilities/activities as extremely important. Variability in responses was sufficient to identify three underlying values themes in exploratory factor analysis: self-sufficiency, enjoyment/comfort, and connection to family, friends and spirituality. Veterans with a spouse/partner rated self-sufficiency as less important. African American veterans rated connection as more important than did White veterans.
conclusionsIt is feasible yet challenging to ask older, multimorbid patients to rate relative importance of values associated with life abilities/activities. Themes related to self-sufficiency, enjoyment/comfort in daily life and connection are salient and logically consistent with sociodemographic traits. Future studies should explore their role in goal-directed health care.
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