Abstract
Background Advance Care Planning (ACP) is uncommon in patients with COPD. Aims To assess whether a nurse-led ACP-intervention can improve quality of patient-physician end-of-life care communication in patients with COPD. Furthermore, the influence of an ACP-intervention on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients and loved ones was studied. Methods A multicenter cluster randomized-controlled trial (RCT) in patients with advanced COPD was performed. The intervention group received an 1.5-hours structured nurse-led ACP-session. Outcomes were: quality of patient-physician end-of-life care communication, prevalence of ACP-discussions six months after baseline, and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients and loved ones. Results 165 patients were enrolled (89 intervention: mean age 65.7 (9.2) years; 49.4% male; 76 control: mean age 69.5 (9.0) years; 57.9% male). The improvement of quality of patient-physician end-of-life care communication was significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group ( .05). Conclusion One nurse-led ACP-intervention session improves patient-physician end-of-life care communication without causing psychosocial distress in both patients and loved ones. The Advance Care Planning study is supported by Lung Foundation Netherlands.
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