Effects of a nurse-led post-discharge advance care planning programme for community-dwelling patients nearing the end of life and their family members: A randomised controlled trial

This study showed that a nurse-led structured advance care planning programme could effectively improve dyadic congruence regarding end-of-life care preferences, reduce patients' decisional conflict and increase the documentation of care preferences. The findings underscored the importance of supporting nurses to introduce advance care planning at an earlier time that enable patients with sufficient time to contemplate end-of-life issues, empower patients to deliberate their choices and engage patients and their family members in open discussion.