| Stability Over Time in the Preferences of Older Persons for Life-Sustaining Treatment. | |
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PMID: 23288442 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Objective: To measure the stability of life-sustaining treatment preferences amongst older people and analyse the factors that influence stability. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Primary care centres, Granada (Spain). Eighty-five persons age 65 years or older. Participants filled out a questionnaire with six contexts of illness (LSPQ-e). They had to decide whether or not to receive treatment. Participants completed the questionnaire at baseline and 18 months later. Results: 86 percent of the patients did not change preferences. Sex, age, marital status, hospitalisation, and self-perception of health and pain did not affect preferences. Morbidity and the death of a relative did. Conclusion: Stability of preferences of older persons in relation to end-of-life decisions seems to be more probable than instability. Some factors, such as the death of a relative or the increase in morbidity, can change preferences. These findings have implications for advance directives (ADs) and advance care planning. |
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Ines M Barrio-Cantalejo; Pablo Simón-Lorda; Adoración Molina-Ruiz; Fátima Herrera-Ramos; Encarnación Martínez-Cruz; Rosa Maria Bailon-Gómez; Antonio López-Rico; Patricia Peinado Gorlat |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-4 |
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Title: Journal of bioethical inquiry Volume: - ISSN: 1176-7529 ISO Abbreviation: J Bioeth Inq Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101250741 Medline TA: J Bioeth Inq Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Primary Care Centre Almanjayar, Granada, Spain, imbarrioc@gmail.com. |
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