Effect of an app for promoting advance care planning and motivating patients to write their advance directives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accordons-nous, a smartphone app, was developed to support patients in the advance care planning (ACP) process. The app raises awareness and facilitates communication on this sensitive topic. It helps patients express their values and preferences for care and write their advance directives (AD).

Objective

Measure the impact of distributing Accordons-nous on patients' propensity to engage in the ACP process, compared with the distribution of a leaflet. A secondary objective was to test the effect of socio-demographic factors (age, health status, gender, level of education) on propensity to engage in ACP.

Methods

Pre-post randomized control study. Participants were patients approached in medical waiting rooms. They received the app (treatment) or an informati

SUBMITTER: Schopfer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature