Tailoring Advance Care Planning Interventions with Patient Activation (S774)

Older adults with deficient advance care planning (ACP) have the potential to improve ACP engagement through interventions. Patient activation, measured by the validated patient activation measure (PAM), is the knowledge, confidence, and skill to manage one's health. PAM has been associated with prior ACP engagement. However, it's unknown if older adults with different PAM levels respond equally to ACP interventions.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Daniel David, Deborah Barnes, Caroline Stephens, Ying Shi, Rebecca Sudore Source Type: research