Readiness for advance care planning and its relationship to coping style in patients with chronic diseases in communities: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to assess advance care planning readiness among patients with chronic diseases and identify its relationship to patients’ coping styles. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: Patients with chronic diseases (N = 168) were recruited from community health service centres. We used a self-designed and validated “advance care planning readiness questionnaire” to measure the patients’ advance care planning readiness and a "simplified coping style questionnaire” to measure the patients’ coping styles. Results: Multiple linear regression analyses observed a positive relationship between “active coping style” (p =.002, 95%CI: 1.788, 7.599) with ACP readiness and a negative relationship between “passive coping style” (p