Surrogate Decision-Making After Stroke in a Community Setting: The OASIS Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with severe stroke often rely on surrogate decision-makers for life-sustaining treatment decisions. We investigated ethnic differences between Mexican Americans (MAs) and non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals in surrogate reports of physician quality of communication and shared decision-making from the OASIS study (Outcomes Among Surrogate Decision Makers in Stroke) project.

Methods

Patients had ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage in Nueces County, TX. Surrogates self-identified as being involved in decisions about do-not-resuscitate orders, brain surgery, ventilator, feeding tube, or hospice/comfort care. Surrogate reports of physician quality of communication (scale score, range from 0 to 10) and shared decision-making (CollaboRATE scale score, b

SUBMITTER: Zahuranec DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922558 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature