Capability | | | |
Psychological capability | Knowledge | Knowledge of ACP | →The percentage of patients willing to engage in ACP increased after understanding the concept, process, and importance of advance directive[16] |
| Behavioural regulation | Knowledge of the time of disease diagnosis | →Patients who know about the diagnosis of the disease for longer are more likely to engage in ACP[18] |
| | Subjective life expectancy | →Patients who are expected to live only a few months are less likely to prefer aggressive treatment[27] |
Physical capability | Skills | Disease symptom burden | →The greater the burden of symptoms, the less likely patients are to sign advance directives or health care powers of attorney[29] |
Opportunity | | | |
Social opportunity | Social influences | Family support | →Family members not objecting is an important factor in discussing ACP[32] |
| | Social support | →Patients with higher social support are more willing to engage in ACP[18] |
| | Doctor-patient relationship | →Poor doctor-patient relationship leads to low acceptance of ACP[15] |
| | Dependent children | →Patients with dependent children are more likely to prefer aggressive treatment and less likely to engage in ACP[34] |
Physical opportunity | Environmental context and resources | Housing type | →Patients without private housing are more willing to engage in ACP[20] |
| | Hospice service center | →Whether or not to establish a hospice service center is a factor influencing whether or not patients choose to participate in ACP[30] |
Motivation | | | |
Reflective motivation | Intentions | ACP attitude | →The sense of life meaning is the main factor influencing patients' attitude towards ACP[16] |
| Goals | ACP belief | →Patients want to ensure a comfortable end-of-life and avoid pain[20] |
| Beliefs about capabilities | ACP motivation | →The reason that hinders patients from engaging in ACP is that patients think that their relatives can make decisions for them or that their wishes may change in the future[20] |
Automatic motivation | Emotion | Anxiety and depression | →Patients who participated in ACP had significantly higher anxiety and depression scores than those who did not participate in ACP[33] |