Implications for research and practice
chronic, life-limiting illness
RECRUITMENT
The current findings regarding the lack of associations between patients’ demographic or clinical characteristics and their ACP engagement support proactively offering ACP as standard to all patients with chronic, life-limiting illness, regardless of their sociodemographics, diagnosis, or functional status.Investigating the underlying behaviour change processes of self-efficacy and readiness yields important insights into which factors should be accounted for when creating models of ACP behaviour change processes. Considering the need to facilitate ACP in patients with chronic, life-limiting illness,The authors gratefully acknowledge the GPs and patients who participated. The authors also thank Kim Eecloo, MSc (Ghent University), Aurelie Joos, MSc (Ghent University), and Christine Vanmeenen (Consumenten Contact) for their support with recruitment and data collection.