Effectiveness of Advance Care Planning Group Visits Among Older Adults in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Group visits can support health behavior change and self-efficacy. In primary care, an advance care planning (ACP) group visit may leverage group dynamics and peer mentorship to facilitate education and personal goal setting that result in ACP engagement.

Objective

To determine whether the ENgaging in Advance Care Planning Talks (ENACT) group visits intervention improves ACP documentation and readiness in older adults.

Methods

This randomized clinical trial was conducted among geriatric primary care patients from the University of Colorado Hospital Seniors Clinic, Aurora, CO, from August 2017 to November 2019. Participants randomized to ENACT group visits (n = 55) participated in two 2-hour sessions with discussions of ACP topics and use of ACP tools (i.e.,

SUBMITTER: Lum HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718376 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature