Craig Sinclair, Ling Yeoh, Ava Karusoo-Musumeci, Kirsten A Auret, Josephine M Clayton, Michelle Hilgeman, Elizabeth Halcomb, Ron Sinclair, Angelita Martini, Anne Meller, Rebecca Walton, Li Wei, Tiet-Hanh Dao-Tran, Susan Kurrle, Tracy Comans
OBJECTIVE: Decisional conflict is used increasingly as an outcome measure in advance care planning (ACP) studies. When the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) is used in anticipatory decision-making contexts, the scale is typically tethered to hypothetical scenarios. This study reports preliminary validation data for hypothetical scenarios relating to life-sustaining treatments and care utilisation to inform their broader use in ACP studies. METHODS: Three hypothetical scenarios were developed by a panel of multidisciplinary researchers, clinicians and community representatives...
April 2024: Health Expectations: An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy