Relationships Between Advanced Cancer Patients' Worry About Dying and Illness Understanding, Treatment Preferences, and Advance Care Planning.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Patients with advanced cancer often worry about dying. Less is known about the role of worry in decision making regarding future care.

Objectives

To explore relationships between patients' worry about dying and their illness understanding, treatment preferences, and advance care planning (ACP).

Methods

This cross-sectional study used baseline data from a primary palliative care intervention trial. All participants had metastatic solid tumors. Using patients' response to I worry about dying from the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness-Palliative Care survey instrument, univariate and multivariate analyses assessed associations with illness understanding, treatment preferences, and ACP.

Results

Of 672 patients, 47% reported worrying about dying not a

SUBMITTER: Rodenbach RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7952460 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature