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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Dec 16;38(11):1314–1321. doi: 10.1177/1049909120978771

Table 3.

Patient and Family Advance Care Planning Engagement at Baseline and 6 Weeks

System A System B Combined
BL 6 Wks BL 6 Wks BL 6 Wks Change
Overall ACP Engagement
 Patient (n=32)a 3.71 3.73 3.41 3.35 3.56 3.54 −0.02
 Family (n=37)b 3.05 3.12 3.06 3.26 3.05 3.19 +0.14
Family ACP Engagement by Domain c
 --Serving as Surrogate Decision Maker 3.41 3.50 3.41 3.63 3.41 3.56 +0.15
 --Contemplation 2.39 2.42 2.35 2.29 2.37 2.36 −0.02
 --Readiness 3.06 3.10 3.12 3.48 3.09 3.29 +0.20
a

Measured with the 15-item ACP engagement survey (range: 0–4, higher scores indicate greater engagement). Results for n=32 patients responding at baseline and 6 weeks.

b

Measured with the 17-item ACP engagement survey for surrogate decision-makers (range: 0–4, higher scores indicate greater engagement). Results for n=37 responding at baseline and 6 weeks.

c

The domains ‘Serving as surrogate decision-maker’ and ‘Readiness’ were assessed on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely) and ‘Contemplation’ was assessed on a scale of 0 (never) to 4 (a lot).