Description of an advance care planning intervention in nursing homes: outcomes of the process evaluation

BMC Geriatrics

Table 5 Response in the patient logs during the intervention period of 4 months; n = 297^b

	Yes		No		Not applicable/ Don’t know
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Implemented Advance Care Planning^a	183	62%	58	20%	0
1. Have the patient and family been invited to a conversation with the physician?	98	33%	135	45%	7	2%
2. Have the patient and family had a shared conversation with the primary nurse?	166	56%	72	24%	2	1%
3. Have there been monthly phone calls to the family?	165	56%	62	21%	12	4%
4. Have you had contact with the family the last month?	226	76%	12	4%	2	1%
5. Has the communication been documented?	217	73%	19	6%	2	1%

^aACP was defined as implemented if units had completed questions 1 or 2 and 3 or 4, during the 4-month trial
^bDue to missing data the number of participants does not add up to 297 per item

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