Evaluation of a Video Decision Aid to Reduce Decisional Conflict in Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Decision-Making.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is recommended as a preferred practice for advance care planning with seriously ill patients. Decision aids can assist patients in advance care planning, but there are limited studies on their use for POLST decisions. We hypothesized that after viewing a POLST video, decision aid participants would demonstrate increased knowledge and satisfaction and decreased decisional conflict.

Design

Pre-and postintervention with no control group.

Setting/participants

Fifty community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older asked to complete a POLST based on a hypothetical condition.

Interventions

Video decision aid for Sections A and B of the POLST form.

Measurements

Pre- and postintervention part

SUBMITTER: Gallegos JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720244 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature