• J Gen Intern Med · Jul 2020

    Advance Care Planning Prior to Death in Older Adults with Hip Fracture.

    • Anna Kata, Irena Cenzer, Rebecca L Sudore, Kenneth E Covinsky, and Victoria L Tang.
    • Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, 4150 Clement Street, 306B, San Francisco, CA, 94121, USA. Anna.Kata@gunet.georgetown.edu.
    • J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jul 1; 35 (7): 1946-1953.

    BackgroundAlthough hip fractures in older adults are associated with a high degree of mortality and disability, the use of advance care planning (ACP) in this population is unknown.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence of ACP and need for surrogate decision-making prior to death in older adults with hip fracture and to identify factors associated with ACP.DesignRetrospective cohort study using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) interviews linked to Medicare fee-for-service claims data.ParticipantsSix hundred six decedent participants aged 65 or older who sustained a hip fracture during HRS enrollment and had a proxy participate in the exit HRS survey.Main MeasuresSurvey responses by proxies were used to determine ACP, defined by either advance directive completion or surrogate designation, and to assess decision-making at the end of life. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze correlates of ACP.Key ResultsPrior to death, 54.9% of all participants had an advance directive and 68.9% had designated a surrogate decision-maker; however, 24.5% had no ACP. Of the total cohort, 32.5% required decisions to be made about treatment at the end of life and lacked capacity to make these decisions themselves. In this subset, 19.9% had no ACP. In all participants, ACP was less likely in non-white individuals (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.14, 95% CI 0.06-0.31), those with less than a high school education (aOR 0.58, 95% CI 0.35-0.97), and those with a net worth below the median of the cohort (aOR 0.49, 95% CI 0.26-0.72). No clinical factors were found to be associated with ACP completion prior to death.ConclusionsA considerable number of older adults with hip fracture required surrogate decision-making at the end of life, of whom one fifth had no ACP prior to death. Clinicians providing care for these patients are uniquely poised to address ACP.

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