ArticleBMC palliative care2019
Discussing end of life wishes - the impact of community interventions?
Article in BMC palliative care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- Patients' preferred place of death: patients are willing to consider their preferences, but someone has to ask them.Age and ageing · 2021Trial
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- Public awareness of advance care planning and hospice palliative care: a nationwide cross-sectional study in Korea.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- "I didn't know it was going to be like this.": unprepared for end-of-Life care, the experiences of care aides care in long-term care.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Do Healthy People Engage With Education About Death, Dying and Advance Care Planning? An Early Evaluation of the Omega Course.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2023Article
- Validation of the Readiness for End-of-Life Conversations (REOLC) scale in a German hospital setting.PEC innovation · 2022Article
- Who should talk with patients about their end-of-life care wishes? A nationwide survey of the Hungarian population.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
- Life-and-Death Attitude and Its Formation Process and End-of-Life Care Expectations Among the Elderly Under Traditional Chinese Culture: A Qualitative Study.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2022Article
- Positive attitudes to advance care planning - a Norwegian general population survey.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Information meetings on end-of-life care for older people by the general practitioner to stimulate advance care planning: a pre-post evaluation study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Awareness and Attitudes towards Advance Care Directives (ACDs): An Online Survey of Portuguese Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Advance care planning in Dutch primary care: a pre/post-implementation study.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2021Article
- Dissemination, use, and impact of a community-based, conversational advance care planning intervention: ripple effects of the Swedish DöBra cards.Palliative care and social practice · 2021Article
- Exploring Community-Dwelling Older Adults' Considerations About Values and Preferences for Future End-of-Life Care: A Study from Sweden.The Gerontologist · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany people do not discuss end of life preferences with those closest to them, although this can be beneficial to the individual and wider population. This study evaluated a community intervention to promote end of life preparation and discussion among people who are currently well.
methodsA series of presentations and workshops (the intervention) were delivered to community groups and people working within health and social care. Participants were invited to complete a three-stage follow-up survey at Baseline, Post intervention and at three months' follow-up.
resultsBaseline questionnaires were completed by 498 individuals. Overall, 51% reported talking with close family or friends about their end of life care and 58% reported talking about what they would like to happen after their death. There was a significant positive relationship between increasing age group and having talked about end of life wishes. The majority of participants were already comfortable in talking about end of life (overall mean score 8.28/10). Post intervention, 73% stated that they planned to take action including 61% who planned a specific conversation and 55% who planned another action. At follow-up 64% reported that they had taken some action due to the intervention, including 43% who had talked about their own end of life preferences and 39% who had taken some other action.
conclusionsWell-designed community-based interventions can be successful in prompting people to consider and discuss their end of life preferences.
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