Effect of communication skills training on documentation of shared decision-making for patients with life-limiting illness: An observational study in an intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This article aims to examine the association between a shared decision-making (SDM) clinical communication training program and documentation of SDM for patients with life-limiting illness (LLI) admitted to intensive care.

Methods

This article used a prospective, longitudinal observational study in a tertiary intensive care unit (ICU). Outcomes included the proportion of patients with SDM documented on an institutional Goals of Care Form during hospital admission, as well as characteristics, outcomes, and factors associated with an SDM admission.

Intervention

Clinical communication skills training (iValidate) and clinical support program are the intervention for this study.

Results

A total of 325 patients with LLI were admitted to the ICU and include

SUBMITTER: Milnes SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10581275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature