The Advance Care Planning Readiness Scale: Development and Validation of a Measure of Willingness to Discuss and Acceptance of End-of-Life Care in Gynecologic Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this article was to develop and validate a scale that assesses the readiness of gynecologic oncology patients to engage in advance care planning.

Methods

The Advance Care Planning Readiness Scale (ACPRS) was validated across 3 independent samples of gynecologic oncology patients. In step I, patients underwent cognitive interviewing to determine if the scale items were comprehensible and applicable to patients. Based on this, modifications to the scale (addition, removal, and merger of items) were completed. In step II, the revised scale was administered to a new sample of patients to assess scale reliability and validity. An exploratory factor analysis determined if the scale loaded onto unique factors. In step III, the revised scale was administer

SUBMITTER: Brown AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5407433 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature