Participants and advance care planning programme
colorectal cancer
COLORECTAL CANCER
Adult, competent patients with advanced lung (stage III or IV) or colorectal cancer (stage IV) and an estimated life expectancy of at least 3 months were eligible for participation (see The ACTION RC advance care planning intervention included three components:1. Facilitated advance care planning conversations using structured guidesCertified facilitators used scripted conversation guides to support patients and their relatives (personal representatives) in exploring their understanding of the illness, reflecting on their goals, values and beliefs, and discussing their preferences for future treatment and care. The intervention could involve one or two conversations, with or without a personal representative.The facilitators measured the duration of the advance care planning conversations they conducted.2. My Preferences formThe My Preferences form (3. Information leafletsLeaflets about advance care planning and the role of the personal representative were provided to intervention participants. Where relevant, patients also received leaflets about CPR, artificial ventilation or artificial feeding.Data were collected between 2015 and 2018. More details of the study design, methods and main findings have been reported previously.