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Evaluation Of Patient Education To Facilitate Advance Directives Completion With Dialysis Patients, Xuesi Liu
Evaluation Of Patient Education To Facilitate Advance Directives Completion With Dialysis Patients, Xuesi Liu
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Completion of advance directives (ADs) is an important part of identifying a patient’s treatment preferences. Lack of patient understanding regarding the scope and importance of advance directives is a common barrier to AD completion. This project reports on the effectiveness of a patient education intervention in facilitating patient understanding in an outpatient dialysis facility in rural Virginia. Thirty patients were selected by convenience sampling to participate in a 10-minute verbal presentation based on a brochure entitled “Advance Care Planning: Tips from the National Institute on Aging” and completed two short questionnaires, one before and one after the education session. Patients …