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Attitude Toward Family Involvement in End-of-Life Care Among Older Chinese Americans
- Source :
- Innovation in Aging
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press, 2020.
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Abstract
- Family involvement is critical to end-of-life (EOL) care of older adults. Attitude toward family involvement in EOL care can be influenced by family relationship. Yet, mechanisms explaining such influence have not been examined among older Chinese Americans. This study aims to examine the association between family relationship and older Chinese Americans’ attitude toward family involvement in EOL care and explore pathways of this association. Potential mediators include self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers of discussing EOL care with family members. Data were collected from 276 Chinese Americans aged 55+ in two metropolitan areas in 2018. Participants’ average age was 74 years (SD=9.6). Approximately 64% of the sample were female. Most participants (57%) held positive attitudes toward family involvement in EOL care. Using the Structural Equation Modeling method, we found that family relationship had a significant positive total effect on positive attitude toward family involvement in EOL care (z=5.57, p
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Abstracts
Health (social science)
Family involvement
Session 3010 (Paper)
Family Caregiving Among Diverse Racial and Ethnic Populations
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Psychology
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Health Professions (miscellaneous)
End-of-life care
humanities
Chinese americans
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23995300
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- Suppl 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Innovation in Aging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....98b1cbb75f1b29cfd9fe27ba8730c271