Feasibility of the Korean-Advance Directives Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons.
Holist Nurs Pract
; 31(4): 234-242, 2017.
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| ID: mdl-28609408
A newly developed Korean-Advance Directive (K-AD) consists of a value statement, treatment directives, and proxy appointment. It remains undetermined whether K-AD is applicable to community-dwelling persons (≥ aged 60 years). Using a descriptive study design, 275 elderly persons completed the K-AD (mean age = 77.28 ± 8.24 years). The most frequent value at the end of life was comfort dying, followed by no burden to family (23.6%). Among 4 K-AD treatment options, more than half had a preference for hospice care and had reluctance with aggressive treatment choices of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (76.4%), artificial ventilation (75.6%), and tube feeding (76.4%), with one-fifth having a desire for such options. All persons provided proxies, who were predominantly descendants (77.1%), followed by spouses (17.5%). For treatment preferences, men and those with no religion were more likely to receive life-sustaining treatments. These data support the K-AD as being applicable and acceptable among community-dwelling elderly persons; awareness of the K-AD in the community setting may facilitate future application when the need occurs.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diretivas Antecipadas
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Vida Independente
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Holist Nurs Pract
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article