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Completion of Advance Directives: Do Social Work Preadmission Interviews Make a Difference?

Yvonne M. Johnson1* Vivian L. Stadel2

1 Rutgers University
2 Eldercare Management Solutions, LLC

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ymj{at}rci.rutgers.edu.


  Abstract
Objectives: This study tests the efficacy of a preadmission, educational interview on advance directives, in this case, health care proxies (HCPs) offered to elective, orthopedic patients. Method: Using a quasi-experimental design, participants (n =54) are assigned to either treatment group (who received the educational interview, conducted by a social worker, over and above the federally mandated written information on HCPs) or comparison group (who received the written information only). Results: Logistic regression analysis indicates there is a statistically significantly higher probability that a patient would sign an HCP if assigned to the treatment group than if assigned to the comparison condition. Conclusion: Benefits of educating patients about HCPs as part of routine social work practice are outlined.

First published on June 12, 2007, doi:10.1177/1049731506299011

Research on Social Work Practice 2007;17:686.

A more recent version of this article appeared on November 1, 2007

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