Acceptability Of Family-centered Advanced Care Planning For Adolescents With Hiv
Creator
Dallas R H; Kimmel A; Wilkins M L; Rana S; Garcia A; Cheng Y I; Wang J; Lyon M; Adolescent Palliative Care Consortium
Identifier
10.1542/peds.2016-1854
Publisher
Pediatrics
Date
2016
Subject
Adolescent Health Services/sn [statistics & Numerical Data]; Advance Care Planning; Family/px [psychology]; Hiv Infections/th [therapy]; Patient Acceptance Of Health Care/sn [statistics & Numerical Data]; Adolescent; Family Nursing; Female; Hiv Infections/px [psychology]; Humans; Male; Prospective Studies; Surveys And Questionnaires; United States; Young Adult
Description
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Small pilot studies support the appropriateness of engaging adolescents with chronic or life-limiting illnesses in pediatric advance care planning (pACP). We do not yet know if pACP is acceptable, feasible, and worthwhile, even if emotionally intense, in a fully powered randomized controlled trial. METHODS: We conducted a prospective 2-arm randomized controlled trial at 6 US urban hospitals. Adolescent/family member dyads were randomized to receive the 1-session-a-week 3-session FAmily-CEntered Advance Care Planning (FACE) pACP intervention (1, ACP Survey; 2, Goals of Care Conversation/Treatment Preferences; 3, Completion of Advance Directive) or active comparator (1, Developmental History; 2, Safety Tips; 3, Nutrition/Exercise). The Satisfaction Questionnaire was administered to participants independently after each session by a blinded research assistant. RESULTS: We enrolled 53% of eligible participants and intervened with 97 adolescent/family dyads. Adolescents ranged in age from 14 to 21 years; 54% were male individuals; 93% African American; and 73% perinatally infected. Attendance was 99% for all 3 sessions in each arm. At session 3, FACE adolescents and family dyad members, respectively, found the session useful (98%, 98%) and helpful (98%, 100%), despite feelings of sadness (25%, 17%). FACE adolescents' improvement in the total subscale A score (useful, helpful, like a load off my mind, satisfied, something I needed to do, courageous, worthwhile) was better than control adolescents at session 3 (beta = 1.16, P = .02). There were no adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: FACE enabled worthwhile conversations, while simultaneously eliciting intense emotions. No participants withdrew, 99% of those enrolled completed each session, and there were no adverse events, evidence of pACP's feasibility, acceptability, and safety.
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Dallas, Ronald H Kimmel, Allison Wilkins, Megan L Rana, Sohail Garcia, Ana Cheng, Yao I Wang, Jichuan Lyon, Maureen E Adolescent Palliative Care Consortium. Using Smart Source Parsing Dec e20161854 peds.2016-1854