How well do current measures assess the impact of advance care planning on concordance between patient preferences for end of life care and the care received: A methodological review

Advance care planning is increasingly considered to be an essential element of quality End of Life (EOL) care. However, the implementation of Advance care planning (ACP) is not backed by a solid foundation of established evidence of clinical effectiveness (1). Syntheses of the ACP literature have concluded that while ACP interventions are likely to have benefits for patients, family, and healthcare staff, there is a lack of high quality research, particularly well-conducted RCTs, that evaluate ACP interventions (2, 3).

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