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Background:

  • Advance directives (ADs) offer recognized benefits, yet completion rates remain low.
  • The impact of active choice interventions on AD completion is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if an active choice intervention increases the completion of advance directives (ADs).
  • To assess if the intervention influences the specific choices made within ADs.
  • To examine demographic interactions with the intervention's effectiveness.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial assigned new employees to either an active choice intervention or usual care.
  • The active choice group was prompted to complete an AD, confirm a prior AD, or decline.
  • Multivariable logistic regression analyzed AD completion rates and demographic interactions.

Main Results:

  • Participants in the active choice group were more likely to complete ADs online (35.1% vs. 20.4%) and return signed ADs by mail (7.8% vs. 3.9%).
  • The intervention's effect was significantly stronger in men compared to women.
  • The specific choices documented within the ADs did not differ between the groups.

Conclusions:

  • The active choice intervention effectively increases advance directive completion rates.
  • The intervention does not alter the content or choices made in advance directives.
  • This intervention shows particular promise for increasing AD completion among men.