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Background <p>Aligned with increasing organizational and policy focus on whole person care, particularly for patients with multimorbidity, health systems are operationalizing how to assess what patients find meaningful in life for personalized health planning. Few studies have examined how patients with multimorbidity at high risk of adverse events perceive connections between what is most important in life (i.e., personal values) and health, healthcare, and healthcare decisions. This knowledge is critical to optimizing how, when, and under what circumstances the topics are addressed in healthcare settings.</p> Objective <p>To understand how high-risk patients with multimorbidity perceive connections between personal values and health, healthcare, and healthcare decisions.</p> Design <p>Qualitative study.</p> Participants <p>Patients ≥ 75th percentile risk of hospitalization or mortality using a validated prediction score, with ≥ 2 diagnoses among depression, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, or diabetes, engaged in Veterans Health Administration primary care.</p> Approach <p>Individual semi-structured telephone interview, analyzed with content analysis.</p> Key Results <p>Patients (<i>N</i>=27) averaged 68 years old; 17 (63%) were male. Three main themes emerged: (1) personal values were rarely discussed in healthcare settings or reflected in healthcare decision-making, sometimes given perceived lower relevance by patients; (2) when personal values were perceived as affecting health decisions, it was within specific contexts or circumstances (e.g., deciding on surgery); (3) eliciting personal values in healthcare settings could have positive or negative consequences, related to conditions of disclosure and resultant action taken in the care plan, and not all patients wanted to disclose values.</p> Conclusions <p>In this study, high-risk patients with multimorbidity reported rarely discussing values in healthcare settings, and if so, only perceived relevant connections between values and health in specific contexts. While some participants felt sharing values benefitted care, not all felt comfortable with disclosure. Patient preferences for eliciting and incorporating values are relevant to integrating patient personal values in healthcare settings.</p>

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Perceived Connections Between Personal Values and Health in High-Risk Patients with Multimorbidity: A Qualitative Study

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    2025年3月4日

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  • Linnaea Schuttner,
  • Jonathan Staloff,
  • Mariah Theis,
  • James D. Ralston,
  • Ann-Marie Rosland,
  • Karin Nelson,
  • Laura Coyle,
  • Scott Hagan,
  • Tamara Schult,
  • Traci Solt,
  • Katherine Ritchey,
  • George Sayre

摘要

Background

Aligned with increasing organizational and policy focus on whole person care, particularly for patients with multimorbidity, health systems are operationalizing how to assess what patients find meaningful in life for personalized health planning. Few studies have examined how patients with multimorbidity at high risk of adverse events perceive connections between what is most important in life (i.e., personal values) and health, healthcare, and healthcare decisions. This knowledge is critical to optimizing how, when, and under what circumstances the topics are addressed in healthcare settings.

Objective

To understand how high-risk patients with multimorbidity perceive connections between personal values and health, healthcare, and healthcare decisions.

Design

Qualitative study.

Participants

Patients ≥ 75th percentile risk of hospitalization or mortality using a validated prediction score, with ≥ 2 diagnoses among depression, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, or diabetes, engaged in Veterans Health Administration primary care.

Approach

Individual semi-structured telephone interview, analyzed with content analysis.

Key Results

Patients (N=27) averaged 68 years old; 17 (63%) were male. Three main themes emerged: (1) personal values were rarely discussed in healthcare settings or reflected in healthcare decision-making, sometimes given perceived lower relevance by patients; (2) when personal values were perceived as affecting health decisions, it was within specific contexts or circumstances (e.g., deciding on surgery); (3) eliciting personal values in healthcare settings could have positive or negative consequences, related to conditions of disclosure and resultant action taken in the care plan, and not all patients wanted to disclose values.

Conclusions

In this study, high-risk patients with multimorbidity reported rarely discussing values in healthcare settings, and if so, only perceived relevant connections between values and health in specific contexts. While some participants felt sharing values benefitted care, not all felt comfortable with disclosure. Patient preferences for eliciting and incorporating values are relevant to integrating patient personal values in healthcare settings.