Treatment preferences among adults with normal cognition and cognitive impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although patient participation in treatment decisions is important for preference-concordant care delivery, it is largely unknown how cognitive impairment influences treatment preferences. We investigated whether treatment preferences for the care of serious illness differ between adults with and without cognitive impairment in hypothetical clinical scenarios.

Methods

Data from the 2018 Health and Retirement Study were used. The sample included 1291 self-respondents (201 respondents with cognitive impairment, and 1090 with normal cognition). We examined treatment preferences for life-extending, limited, and comfort care options in two hypothetical clinical scenarios where the respondent imagines a patient with (1) good physical health with severe cognitive impairm

SUBMITTER: Owsley KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772047 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature