Communication with important others regarding their preferences for end-of-life care

Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics
Chiho ShimadaRyutaro Takahashi

Abstract

Our aim in this study was to explore individual factors that make it likely for Japanese older adults to engage in communication with important other persons regarding their preferences for end-of-life care. We conducted a questionnaire survey of outpatients at Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital in the last six days of March 2012. Nine-hundred and sixty-eight outpatients consented in writing to participate in this survey. Two items on the questionnaire concerned the participants' attempts to communicate their preferences regarding end-of-life care; that is, whether they had discussed this issue with their significant others and whether they had written notes indicating how they want to be cared for in the final days of their lives. The participants who had designated a surrogate decision-maker were more likely to report answers of both than only discussion (OR=2.52) and less likely to reports answers of no communication than only discussion (OR=0.37). In addition, (a) those who did not wish to rely on artificial nutrition or hydration (OR=0.68) and (b) those who often thought about their death were more likely to be in the only discussion group than in the no communication group, although these factors were not significantly...Continue Reading

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Mar 29, 2016·Geriatrics & Gerontology International·Chiho ShimadaRyutaro Takahashi
Jun 27, 2019·Omega·Miho TanakaDaisuke Kawashima
Nov 21, 2020·Geriatrics & Gerontology International·Aki KawakamiNoriko Yamamoto-Mitani

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