Patient education and counseling
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of advance care planning on confidence in surrogates' ability to make healthcare decisions consistent with older adults' wishes: Findings from a randomized controlled trial.
To investigate how confidence in surrogates' ability to make consistent decisions in the future change over time, in the context of an ACP intervention that did not improve surrogates' ability to predict an older adult's hypothetical treatment preferences. ⋯ Professionals involved in ACP should inform participants that confidence in the surrogate may increase in the absence of enhanced predictive ability.