Family social support and stability of preferences regarding place of death among older people: a 3-year longitudinal study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

it remains unclear how family relationships could affect stability of end-of-life care preferences.

Objective

to describe change patterns of preferred place of death (POD) among older people and to examine associations between family social support and stability of preferences regarding POD.

Methods

this longitudinal study of 1,200 noninstitutionalized independent Japanese older people aged over 65 years used panel data between 2016 and 2019 from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES). Preference stability was defined as the congruence of preferred POD based on questionnaires between baseline and follow-up. We performed multiple logistic regression analysis and gender-stratified analysis to examine associations between social support (spouse, chi

SUBMITTER: Kawaguchi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9521793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature