Factors which influence hospital doctors' advance care plan adherence

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CRAIG, Denise Patricia | RAY, Robin | HARVEY, Desley | SHIRCORE, Mandy

CONTEXT: Advances in medicine have seen changes in mortality in Western countries. Simultaneously, countries such as Australia, Canada, USA, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Germany have encouraged consumer-directed care and Advance Care Plan (ACP) completion, giving patients a voice despite incapacity. Adhering to ACPs relies on the decision-making of treating doctors, making hospital doctors key partners, and their perspectives on ACP adherence critical. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review was to explore and map existing research on factors associated with hospital doctors adhering to adult patients' ACPs. METHODS: A scoping review of English language publications within CINAHL, Emcare, Medline, PsycInfo and Scopus was conducted, following PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. ACPs were defined as adult patient-generated, written health care directions or values statements. Studies of any design, which reported original research associated with hospital doctors adhering to ACPs were included. RESULTS: Twenty-seven publications were included in the final analysis. Results suggested ACPs were thought potentially useful, however, adherence has been associated with doctors': attributes (e.g. specialty, seniority), attitudes towards ACP (e.g. applicability), and legal knowledge. CONCLUSION: Current literature suggests doctors' hold largely positive attitudes towards ACPs that provide useful patient information that enables doctors to make appropriate treatment decisions. Doctors often perceive limitations to ACP applicability due to legal requirements or ambiguity of patient outcome goals.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.008

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