Results of a Culturally Tailored Advance Care Planning Intervention for American Indian Peoples: A Quasi-Experimental Waitlist-Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

American Indian and Alaska Native peoples have disproportionately low rates of advance care planning (ACP). To address this problem, we culturally tailored and evaluated an intervention for ACP to the needs of a specific American Indian Tribe. The goal of our study was to examine the culturally tailored Make Your Wishes About You (MY WAY) ACP intervention with respect to 5 ACP outcomes: barriers, facilitators, readiness, self-efficacy, and notarized advance care plan completion.

Research design and methods

We engaged Tribal community members in a quasi-experimental, waitlist-controlled trial design to test the effects of the program. Our sample included 2, self-selected groups totaling 113 participants. Data were collected via interviewer-adm

SUBMITTER: Schweinhart A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12166474 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature