Measuring Case Managers’ Advance Care Planning Practice: Translating Focus Group Findings to Survey Development
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1891/1521-0987.9.4.166
Abstract
Sequential mixed methods is a useful research design to inform second-stage methodology when investigating an area of practice in which relatively little is known. This article describes how focus group findings were used to measure advance care planning practice among community-based case managers. The initial qualitative study utilized focus groups to explore aspects of practice in this area. Data revealed themes that embodied ambiguous views of advance care planning, divergent roles in practice, a continuum of practice activities, and multiple facilitators and barriers to practice. In order to further examine case managers’ advance care planning practices, qualitative findings were used to develop the Case Managers Advance Care Planning Practices Instrument. Implications for qualitative to quantitative measurement are discussed.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Care Management Journals, v. 9, issue 4, p. 166-176
Scholar Commons Citation
Black, Kathy and Fauske, Janice, "Measuring Case Managers’ Advance Care Planning Practice: Translating Focus Group Findings to Survey Development" (2008). Aging Studies Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications. 22.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gey_facpub_sm/22
