FAmily-CEntered (FACE) Advance Care Planning Among African-American and Non-African-American Adults Living With HIV in Washington, DC: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Documentation and Health Equity

Autor: Jichuan Wang, Melissa Turner, Yao I. Cheng, Lawrence J. D'Angelo, Rachel K. Scott, Tara E. Weixel, Patricia Tanjutco, Debra Benator, Isabella Greenberg, Leah E. Squires, Maureen E. Lyon
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 57:607-616
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.014
Popis: CONTEXT. No prospective studies address disease-specific Advance Care Planning (ACP) for adults living with HIV/AIDS. OBJECTIVE. To examine the efficacy of FAmily-CEntered (FACE) ACP in increasing advance care planning and advance directive documentation in the medical record. METHODS. Longitudinal, two-arm, randomized controlled trial with intent-to-treat design recruited from 5 hospital-based outpatient HIV clinics in Washington, DC. Adults living with HIV and their surrogate decision makers (N=233 dyads) were randomized to either an intensive facilitated two-session FACE ACP (Next Steps: Respecting Choices goals of care conversation and Five Wishes advance directive) or Healthy Living Control (conversations about developmental/relationship history and nutrition). RESULTS. Patients (n=223) mean age: 51 years, 56% male, 86% African-American. One hundred ninety-nine dyads participated in the intervention. At baseline, only 13% of patients had an advance directive. Three months post-intervention, this increased to 59% for the FACE ACP group versus 17% in the control group (p
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