Open AccessPatient and caregiver characteristics related to completion of advance directives in terminally ill patients
Author(s) -
Grace W.K. Ho,
Lauren Skaggs,
Gayane Yenokyan,
Anela Kellogg,
Julie A. Johnson,
Mei Ching Lee,
Katherine E. Heinze,
Mark Hughes,
Daniel P. Sulmasy,
Joan Kub,
Peter B. Terry,
Alan B. Astrow,
Jing Zheng,
Lisa Soleymani Lehmann,
Marie T. Nolan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
palliative and supportive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1478-9523
pISSN - 1478-9515
DOI - 10.1017/s147895151600016x
Subject(s) - power of attorney , medicine , advance care planning , logistic regression , marital status , dementia , family medicine , terminally ill , multivariate analysis , caregiver burden , disease , demographics , medical diagnosis , gerontology , health care , palliative care , nursing , demography , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
There is a growing body of literature describing the characteristics of patients who plan for the end of life, but little research has examined how caregivers influence patients' advance care planning (ACP). The purpose of this study was to examine how patient and caregiver characteristics are associated with advance directive (AD) completion among patients diagnosed with a terminal illness. We defined AD completion as having completed a living will and/or identified a healthcare power of attorney.