Healthcare Providers' Perceptions on the Timing of Initial Advance Care Planning Discussions in Japan: a Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most adult patients are willing to discuss advance care planning before the onset of any illness. There might be differences in preferences for timing when it comes to initiating advance care planning discussions by healthcare providers with patients.

Objective

To identify healthcare providers' willingness to initiate advance care planning discussions in Japan.

Design

A mixed-methods questionnaire comprising three case scenarios based on three different illness trajectories.

Participants

The study participants were physicians and nurses employed in four community hospitals in Japan.

Main measures

Percentages of physicians' and nurses' willingness to initiate advance care planning discussions at four stages of patients' illness trajectory were

SUBMITTER: Miyashita J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8481514 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature