Advance Care Planning in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Scoping Review

Autor: Andrea Giordano, Ludovica De Panfilis, Marta Perin, Laura Servidio, Marta Cascioli, Maria Grazia Grasso, Alessandra Lugaresi, Eugenio Pucci, Simone Veronese, Alessandra Solari
Přispěvatelé: Giordano A., De Panfilis L., Perin M., Servidio L., Cascioli M., Grasso M.G., Lugaresi A., Pucci E., Veronese S., Solari A.
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 803, p 803 (2022)
ISSN: 1660-4601
Popis: Advance care planning (ACP) is increasingly acknowledged as a key step to enable patients to define their goals/preferences for future medical care, together with their carers and health professionals. We aimed to map the evidence on ACP in neurodegenerative disorders. We conducted a scoping review by searching PubMed (inception-December 28, 2020) in addition to trial, review, and dissertation registers. From 9367 records, we included 53 studies, mostly conducted in Europe (45%) and US-Canada (41%), within the last five years. Twenty-six percent of studies were qualitative, followed by observational (21%), reviews (19%), randomized controlled trials (RCTs, 19%), quasi-experimental (11%), and mixed-methods (4%). Two-thirds of studies addressed dementia, followed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (13%), and brain tumors (9%). The RCT interventions (all in dementia) consisted of educational programs, facilitated discussions, or videos for patients and/or carers. In conclusion, more research is needed to investigate barriers and facilitators of ACP uptake, as well as to develop/test interventions in almost all the neurodegenerative disorders. A common set of outcome measures targeting each discrete ACP behavior, and validated across the different diseases and cultures is also needed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE