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A feasibility study of a decision aid to support family carers of people with severe dementia or those towards the end-of-life.
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Palliative Medicine . Oct2022, Vol. 36 Issue 9, p1432-1439. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Background: Advance care planning in dementia does not always happen. As dementia progresses, decisions are often left for family carers to make with professionals. Aim: To test the feasibility and acceptability of the delivery and use of a decision aid for family carers of people with severe dementia or towards the end-of-life. Design: Feasibility study using a before-after design of a paper-based decision aid with family carers of people with severe dementia or towards the end-of-life. Criteria for whether to progress to full evaluation included achieving: 70% recruitment rate of target of 30 people, and retention of 70% at 6 months. Outcome measures at baseline, 3 and 6 months, included: the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS), Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), EQ5D-5L and Satisfaction with Care at the End of Life (SWC-EOLD). Participants: Twenty-eight family carers were recruited (93% of target), 26 completed baseline assessment and 20 (71%) of those were followed-up at 6 months. Results: Almost all outcomes changed indicating improvement over 6 months. The DCS and K10 scores decreased indicating less decisional conflict and less psychological distress. The decision aid was acceptable, 25% found it very helpful and 55% a little helpful at 6 months. Conclusion: We met the success criteria demonstrating this study was feasible and acceptable to carers. Future research should test the effectiveness of the decision aid in a full scale evaluation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02692163
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Palliative Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159809205
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221122379