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Treatment priorities among older people if faced with serious illness: improvin...
Jorge, Rafaela; Freitas, Adelaide; Sousa, LilianaObjective: This study aimed to analyse older people`s end-of-life care priorities and to identify factors associated with these priorities. Methods: We asked 400 people aged 60 years or older living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil their treatment priorities if faced with a serious illness with limited time to live. Multinomial logistic regressions were used to identify the associated factors. Results: Most participan...
Experience Report: Talking with Older People about Preferences and Priorities f...
Jorge, Rafaela; Sousa, LilianaMany Brazilians who are still well do not talk about their end-of-life care preferences and priorities with their family members and doctors. This study aimed to describe the experience of talking with older people (≥60 years old) living in the city of Belo Horizonte about preferences and priorities for end-of-life care. It has been observed that talking about end-of-life care preferences is not a common subjec...
Treatment priorities among older people if faced with serious illness: improvin...
Jorge, Rafaela; Freitas, Adelaide; Sousa, LilianaObjective: This study aimed to analyse older people`s end-of-life care priorities and to identify factors associated with these priorities. Methods: A cross-sectional face-to-face survey with 400 individuals aged ≥60 living in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil was conducted. Participants were asked their treatment priorities if faced with a serious illness with limited time to live. Multinomial logistic regres...
Older people’s preferences for self-involvement in decision-making if faced wit...
Jorge, Rafaela; Calanzani, Natália; Freitas, Adelaide; Nunes, Rui; Sousa, LilianaOBJECTIVES: To examine older people’s preferences for self-involvement in end-of-life care decision-making in scenarios of mental capacity (competency) and incapacity, and to identify associated factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted including 400 individuals aged 60+ years living in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. RESULTS: Among 400 respondents, 95.3% preferred self-involvement when capab...
Preference for death at home and associated factors among older people in the c...
Jorge, Rafaela; Calanzani, Natália; Freitas, Adelaide; Nunes, Rui; Sousa, LilianaWe examined people's preferences for place of death and identified factors associated with a home death preference. We asked a representative sample (N = 400) of older people (≥ 60 years) residents in the city of Belo Horizonte, about their preferences for place of death in a situation of serious illness with less than a year to live. Data were analyzed using binomial regression to identify associated factors. ...