Table 1.
Demographics and Session Feedback
| ACP sessions | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Planned sessions | 74 |
| Participants who attended sessions | 1034 |
| Community participants | 743 (72) |
| Health care workers | 291 (28) |
| Participants/session (mean ± SD) | 18.9 ± 12.8) |
| Participants/session (range) | 0–98 |
| Length minutes (mean ± SD) | 60.0 ± 3.9) |
| Co-facilitated by nurse or physician | 36 (49) |
| Location | |
| Libraries | 17 (23) |
| Community centers | 13 (18) |
| Senior centers | 13 (18) |
| Schools (health care workers: LPN, CNA, MA) | 9 (12) |
| Businesses | 7 (9) |
| Metropolitan districts | 3 (4) |
| Clinics | 3 (4) |
| Homeless shelters | 2 (3) |
| Home care agencies | 2 (3) |
| Houses | 2 (3) |
| Area health education center | 1 (1) |
| Nursing homes | 1 (1) |
| Churches | 1 (1) |
| Language | |
| English | 51 (69) |
| Spanish | 6 (8) |
| Bilingual | 17 (23) |
| Participants | |
|---|---|
| Number of participants who completed surveys |
560 |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) |
43.6 ± 18.7 |
| Female gender |
383 (69.1) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| Caucasian |
343 (61.2) |
| Latino |
160 (28.6) |
| Other |
21 (3.7) |
| Native American/Alaskan Native |
16 (2.8) |
| Asian |
10 (1.8) |
| African American |
8 (1.4) |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 3 (0.5) |
| Participant satisfaction | n (%) |
|---|---|
| How satisfied were you with the ACP session? |
531 |
| Extremely satisfied |
303 (57) |
| Satisfied |
220 (41) |
| Somewhat satisfied |
8 (2) |
| Was the length of the session…? |
528 |
| About right |
518 (98) |
| Too long |
5 (1) |
| Too short | 5 (1) |
ACP, advance care planning; n, number; SD, standard deviation.