The advance care planning PREPARE study among older Veterans with serious and chronic illness: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sudore, Rebecca ^a,b   Le, Gem M ^a,c   McMahon, Ryan ^b   Feuz, Mariko ^b   Katen, Mary ^b   Barnes, Deborah E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directive; Aging; Chronic disease management; Geriatrics; Health behavior; Medical decision making; Randomized trial; Veterans; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; WEB BROWSER; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAN FRANCISCO; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84949636417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-1055-9     Document Type: Article

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