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Table 3 Advance Care Planning before and 6 months after the information meeting

From: Information meetings on end-of-life care for older people by the general practitioner to stimulate advance care planning: a pre-post evaluation study

 

Before the meetinga

N = 86

6 months aftera

N = 86

p-value**

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Who should decide for me when I cannot do it my self

 - Thought about it

73 (88%)

80 (93%)

0.031

 - Discussed with physician

7 (8%)

17 (20%)

0.008

 - Discussed with another person

19 (23%)

44 (52%)

 < .001

 - Written down

12 (15%)

20 (24%)

0.016

Whether I want to be resuscitated

 - Thought about it

69 (84%)

77 (94%)

0.008

 - Discussed with physician

7 (9%)

18 (22%)

0.001

 - Discussed with another person

18 (22%)

39 (48%)

 < .001

 - Written down

7 (9%)

14 (17%)

0.006

Which treatments I would or would not want under certain circumstances

 - Thought about it

55 (68%)

71 (89%)

 < .001

 - Discussed with physician

4 (5%)

14 (18%)

0.004

 - Discussed with another person

8 (10%)

29 (36%)

 < .001

 - Written down

6 (7%)

14 (18%)

0.008

Whether or not I can / want to stay at home

 - Thought about it

65 (79%)

69 (83%)

0.629

 - Discussed with physician

0

3 (4%)

0.250

 - Discussed with another person

16 (20%)

28 (34%)

0.023

 - Written down

2 (2%)

5 (6%)

0.453

Whether or not I would want to be admitted to hospital

 - Thought about it

52 (63%)

66 (81%)

0.004

 - Discussed with physician

0

4 (5%)

0.125

 - Discussed with another person

7 (8%)

24 (29%)

 < .001

 - Written down

0

4 (5%)

0.125

Whether or not I want to be admitted to a nursing home

 - Thought about it

64 (78%)

69 (83%)

0.454

 - Discussed with physician

0

5 (6%)

0.063

 - Discussed with another person

12 (15%)

34 (41%)

 < .001

 - Written down

3 (4%)

5 (6%)

0.688

Whether I would want euthanasia in certain circumstances

 - Thought about it

74 (90%)

73 (92%)

0.722

 - Discussed with physician

5 (6%)

15 (19%)

0.022

 - Discussed with another person

20 (24%)

36 (46%)

0.015

 - Written down

9 (11%)

13 (17%)

0.388

  1. **Related Samples Mc Nemar Change Test
  2. a Selection of attendees who filled in both T0 and T2 (n = 86). Missing values: who should make decisions for me T0n = 3 T2n = 3; resuscitation T0n = 4 T2n = 4; treatments T0n = 5 T2n = 6; staying at home T0n = 4 T2n = 3; hospital T0n = 3 T2n = 4; nursing home T0n = 4 T2n = 3; euthanasia T0n = 4 T2n = 7