Cultural adaptation of the serious illness conversation guide for caregivers of persons with dementia in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Goals-of-care (GOC) discussions are often delayed or uninitiated for people with dementia, potentially contributing to inappropriate end-of-life treatment. The Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) facilitates structured GOC discussions about patient values and care preferences, but a dementia-specific Guide adapted to the Asian cultural context has yet to be developed. This study aimed to adapt and iteratively revise the SICG-C, and assess its acceptability among caregivers of people with dementia.

Methods

We adapted the SICG for caregivers of people with dementia in Singapore using a three-phase, approach. Phase 1 involved adapting the patient-facing SICG to caregiver-facing language (version 1). In Phase 2, we iteratively tested the guide with 6 and 13 ca

SUBMITTER: Ng A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12755006 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature