Comparing approaches to code status conversations between Thai and American emergency clinicians: a survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Emergency clinicians conduct code status conversations as part of shared decision-making regarding the management of patients with serious life-limiting illnesses. Given that varying sociocultural norms and healthcare systems affect communication, we hypothesised that American and Thai emergency clinicians report different approaches to code status conversations.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in one US hospital and four Thai hospitals from December 2021 to November 2022. Using a 5-point Likert Scale, the survey questions focused on clinical practice for procedure-based and value-based components of code status conversations. We developed the survey from a medical communication expert team and then reviewed, refined and validated the question

SUBMITTER: Prachanukool T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12513196 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature