Advancing Advance Care Planning: Evaluating a Revised Version of Voicing My CHOiCES.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Voicing My CHOiCES (VMC) is an advance care planning (ACP) guide designed to assist adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with serious illness in communicating their care preferences to others. This study evaluated a revised version of VMC. Methods and Materials: A structured interview was used alongside two versions of VMC to solicit AYA preferences and feedback regarding content and layout changes. Results: Overall, participants preferred Version 2; and largely agreed on the inclusion of new pages related to their personal information, children, and additional reflections. Most AYAs (95.5%) found the guide helpful for thinking about their care. Conclusions: Study findings support updates to VMC that specifically reflect

SUBMITTER: Bedoya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11807875 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature