Senior researcher/Royal Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy Another important piece of information that in particular the HCPs and representatives of the patient organization felt was lacking, was the documentation of patient preferences for treatment choices, and socio-economic factors that might influence patient preferences.
Dyads (n = 240) comprising an older adult and his/her self-selected proxy are randomly allocated to the experimental or control group, after stratification for type of designated proxy and self-report of prior documentation of healthcare preferences.
Similarly in our study, although 70% of case managers reported having had 1 12 discussions in the past 12 months, only 20% of those discussions progressed to documentation of treatment preferences.
Dyads are randomly assigned to the intervention or control group after stratification for two factors that may influence the success of the intervention: type of designated proxy (spouse vs. other) and self-report by the older adult of prior documentation of healthcare preferences (yes vs. no).
Was documentation of chaperone preference indicated in the notes declined/accepted?
Was documentation of chaperone preference indicated in the notes declined/accepted? Was the attending doctor male or female?
This study presented an inferior picture to that found by Allberry and Fernando 7 in 2012; 24% of intimate examinations in a sexual health clinic had documentation of chaperone preference.
We found almost no documentation of patients' treatment preferences if loss of function were anticipated, if quality of life might be diminished, or if complex continuing care might be required.
Secondly, patients with close contact to treating physicians, such as patients receiving palliative care or chronically ill patients, may discuss these issues in person and rely on documentation of their current preferences in patient charts.
