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T1 - Developing country specific questions about end-of-life care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia using the nominal group technique with family caregivers.
AU - Bavelaar, Laura
AU - Nicula, Maria
AU - Morris, Sophie
AU - Kaasalainen, Sharon
AU - Achterberg, Wilco
AU - Loucka, Martin
AU - Vickova, Karolina
AU - Thompson, Genevieve
AU - Cornally, Nicola
AU - Hartigan, Irene
AU - Harding, Andrew
AU - Preston, Nancy
AU - Walshe, Catherine
AU - Cousins, Emily
AU - Harrison Dening, Karen
AU - De Vries, Kay
AU - Brazil, Kevin
AU - van der Steen, Jenny T.
PY - 2022/4/30
Y1 - 2022/4/30
N2 - ObjectiveWe aimed to develop question prompt lists (QPLs) for family caregivers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia in the context of a study involving Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and to explore cross-national differences. QPLs can encourage family caregivers to ask questions about their relative’s end-of-life care.MethodsWe used nominal group methods to create country-specific QPLs. Family caregivers read an information booklet about end-of-life care for people with dementia, and generated questions to ask healthcare professionals. They also selected questions from a shortlist. We analyzed and compared the QPLs using content analysis.ResultsFour to 20 family caregivers per country were involved. QPLs ranged from 15 to 24 questions. A quarter (24%) of the questions appeared in more than one country’s QPL. One question was included in all QPLs: “Can you tell me more about palliative care in dementia?”.ConclusionFamily caregivers have many questions about dementia palliative care, but the local context may influence which questions specifically. Local end-user input is thus important to customize QPLs.Practice implicationsPrompts for family caregivers should attend to the unique information preferences among different countries. Further research is needed to evaluate the QPLs’ use.
AB - ObjectiveWe aimed to develop question prompt lists (QPLs) for family caregivers of nursing home residents with advanced dementia in the context of a study involving Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and to explore cross-national differences. QPLs can encourage family caregivers to ask questions about their relative’s end-of-life care.MethodsWe used nominal group methods to create country-specific QPLs. Family caregivers read an information booklet about end-of-life care for people with dementia, and generated questions to ask healthcare professionals. They also selected questions from a shortlist. We analyzed and compared the QPLs using content analysis.ResultsFour to 20 family caregivers per country were involved. QPLs ranged from 15 to 24 questions. A quarter (24%) of the questions appeared in more than one country’s QPL. One question was included in all QPLs: “Can you tell me more about palliative care in dementia?”.ConclusionFamily caregivers have many questions about dementia palliative care, but the local context may influence which questions specifically. Local end-user input is thus important to customize QPLs.Practice implicationsPrompts for family caregivers should attend to the unique information preferences among different countries. Further research is needed to evaluate the QPLs’ use.
KW - Dementia
KW - Family caregiver
KW - Patient engagement
KW - Shared decision making
KW - End-of-life care
KW - Nursing home
U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2021.07.031
DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2021.07.031
M3 - Journal article
VL - 105
SP - 965
EP - 973
JO - Patient Education and Counseling
JF - Patient Education and Counseling
SN - 0738-3991
IS - 4
ER -