Feasibility of the Korean-Advance Directives Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons
- Authors
- Kim, Shinmi; Hong, Sun Woo; Kim, JinShil
- Issue Date
- Jul-2017
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Keywords
- community; elderly; end-of-life; Korean-Advance Directives
- Citation
- HOLISTIC NURSING PRACTICE, v.31, no.4, pp.234 - 242
- Journal Title
- HOLISTIC NURSING PRACTICE
- Volume
- 31
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 234
- End Page
- 242
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/5968
- DOI
- 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000216
- ISSN
- 0887-9311
- Abstract
- A newly developed Korean-Advance Directive (K-AD) consists of a value statement, treatment directives, and proxy appointment. It remains undetermined whether K-AD is applicable to community-dwelling persons (>= aged 60 years). Using a descriptive study design, 275 elderly persons completed the K-AD (mean age = 77.28 +/- 8.24 years). The most frequent value at the end of life was comfort dying, followed by no burden to family (23.6%). Among 4 K-AD treatment options, more than half had a preference for hospice care and had reluctance with aggressive treatment choices of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (76.4%), artificial ventilation (75.6%), and tube feeding (76.4%), with one-fifth having a desire for such options. All persons provided proxies, who were predominantly descendants (77.1%), followed by spouses (17.5%). For treatment preferences, men and those with no religion were more likely to receive life-sustaining treatments. These data support the K-AD as being applicable and acceptable among community-dwelling elderly persons; awareness of the K-AD in the community setting may facilitate future application when the need occurs.
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