Clinician Perspectives on Group Visits for Advance Care Planning Among Caregivers and Older Adult Patients With Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advance care planning (ACP) is critical for older adults with heart failure; however, patient-level and clinician-level barriers exist. Although a group visit (GV) approach to engage patients in ACP has proven effective among general geriatric populations, little is known about clinician perceptions/likelihood of referral.

Methods

Qualitative study to understand clinician perspectives on GVs for ACP among older adult patients with heart failure and caregivers. Twenty physicians and advance practice providers participated in telephone-based interviews guided by a semistructured research protocol. Transcripts were analyzed using a grounded theory approach.

Results

Results highlight variability in clinician engagement in ACP but greater agreement around the fa

SUBMITTER: Kogan AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8108709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature