Two-thirds of older people is interested in information meetings on end-of life care to stimulate advance care planning: a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information meetings are a way to create awareness and inform older people on end-of-life care and have shown to stimulate advance care planning (ACP). Before further development and implementation, it is important to explore older people's preferences regarding these meetings. This study aims to explore which older people are interested, whether this is associated with previous ACP behaviour, and their preferences regarding the content and organisation of information meetings.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on a randomly drawn sample of 1242 Dutch older people (≥ 65 years; response 93.2%) from a nationwide panel. In September 2020, they received a questionnaire on palliative care, including questions on interest in attending an information meeting.

SUBMITTER: Bergman TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12315270 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature