Older Adult and Surrogate Perspectives on Serious, Difficult, and Important Medical Decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To elicit decisions that diverse older adults and surrogates perceive as serious, difficult, or important and explore what helped them make those decisions.

Design

Focus groups (N=13) in which participants were asked to recall serious, difficult, or important medical decisions and what helped them make those decisions.

Setting

Clinics, support groups and senior centers.

Participants

Diverse English- and Spanish-speaking older adults (age: mean 78, range 64-89) and surrogates (age: mean 57, range 33-76) (29% African American, 26% white, 26% Asian or Pacific Islander, 19% Hispanic) (N=69).

Measurements

We used thematic analysis to analyze transcripts.

Results

We identified 168 decisions. Older adults from all racial and ethnic groups freq

SUBMITTER: Petrillo LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167167 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature