Retrospective cohort analysis of real-life decisions about end-of-life care preferences in a Southeast Asian country.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the end-of-life care preferences of individuals, and to examine the influence of age and gender on these preferences.

Design, setting and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted. Participants included all adults (≥21 years old) (n=3380) who had completed a statement of their preferences as part of a national Advance Care Planning (ACP) programme in Singapore. Data were extracted from the national and Tan Tock Seng Hospital ACP database.

Main measures

End-of-life care preferences were obtained from the ACP document and differentiated by health status (healthy, chronically ill or diagnosed with advanced illnesses). To analyse the data, descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were used.

Results

Across healthy a

SUBMITTER: Tan WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6367977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature