Augmenting advance care planning in poor prognosis cancer with a video decision aid

Video decision aids to assist with advance care planning: a systematic review and meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE Advance care planning (ACP) can result in end-of-life care that is more congruent with patients' values and preferences. There is increasing interest in video decision aids to assist with ACP. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of video decision aids on patients' preferences regarding life-sustaining treatments (primary outcome). DESIGN Systematic review and meta...

Creating an advance-care-planning decision aid for high-risk surgery: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND High-risk surgery patients may lose decision-making capacity as a result of surgical complications. Advance care planning prior to surgery may be beneficial, but remains controversial and is hindered by a lack of appropriate decision aids. This study sought to examine stakeholders' views on the appropriateness of using decision aids, in general, to support advance care planning among...

Video decision support tool for advance care planning in dementia: randomised controlled trial

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of a video decision support tool on the preferences for future medical care in older people if they develop advanced dementia, and the stability of those preferences after six weeks. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial conducted between 1 September 2007 and 30 May 2008. Setting Four primary care clinics (two geriatric and two adult medicine) affiliated with thr...

Using video images of dementia in advance care planning.

BACKGROUND Advance care planning is a process by which patients plan for future medical care under circumstances of impaired decision-making. Central to this process is the patient's understanding and ability to imagine future health states. METHODS A before and after oral survey was used to compare the effect of a video depiction with that of a verbal description of a patient with advanced d...

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