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- Title
Development of a Decision Aid for Patients and Families Considering Hospice.
- Authors
Tate, Channing E.; Venechuk, Gracie; Pierce, Kenneth; Khazanie, Prateeti; Ingle, M. Pilar; Morris, Megan A.; Allen, Larry A.; Matlock, Daniel D.
- Abstract
Background: Hospice is underutilized. Miscommunication, decisional complexity, and misunderstanding around engaging hospice may contribute. Shared decision making (SDM), aided by patient decision aids (PtDAs), can improve knowledge and decision quality. Currently, there are no freely available hospice-specific PtDA to facilitate conversions between patients and providers about hospice care. Objective: To develop a theory-based and unbiased hospice specific PtDA. Design: Guided by the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and International Patient Decision Aid Standards, we used a theory-driven, eight-step, iterative, user-centered approach with multistakeholder input to develop a hospice-specific PtDA for anyone facing end-of-life decisions. Subjects: Feedback was obtained from a 10-member Patient Advisory Panel composed of lay patient advisors; focus groups of hospice providers, family caregivers, and patients; and the Palliative Care Research Group at University of Colorado Hospital consisting of palliative care physicians, midlevel providers, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and researchers. Results: There are many challenges in developing an unbiased hospice decision aid, including (1) balancing the provision of education (eligibility, payment) with decisional support, (2) clarifying values and incorporating emotion, (3) ideally representing the potential downsides of hospice, and (4) adequately capturing and describing care alternatives to hospice. Within this context, we developed a 12-page article and 17-minute video PtDAs. The PtDA openly acknowledges the emotional complexity of the decision and incorporates values clarification techniques to help decision makers reflect and evaluate their goals and preferences for end-of-life care. Conclusions: Hospice decision making is complex and emotional, demanding high-quality SDM aided by a formal PtDA. This work resulted in a freely available article and video PtDA for patients considering hospice. The effectiveness and implementation of these tools will be studied in future research. Clinical Trials Registration (NCT03794700 & NCT04458090).
- Subjects
COLORADO; HOSPICE care; FOCUS groups; ACADEMIC medical centers; SOCIAL workers; FAMILIES; CONCEPTUAL structures; DECISION making; NURSES; RESEARCH funding; PHYSICIANS; PATIENT education; PALLIATIVE treatment
- Publication
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 4, p505
- ISSN
1096-6218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2020.0250