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Use of aVideotape for Educating Patients about Advance Directives
Objective:
Examine the influence of an 18-minute educational videotape
about the usefulness of a health car proxy as an advance directive
to enhance patient control over treatment decisions. Methods:
Interviews of 204 hospitalized patients who viewed a videotape and
215 control patients who received only written information..
Results: Patients reported the videotape was clear and useful,
but patients who viewed the videotape did not differ from nonvideotape
patients in actual completion or intention to complete a proxy.
Conclusion: Although videotapes alone may not increase completion
of advance directives, videotapes may be useful as components of
multifaceted efforts to promote advance directives. |