Care plan use among older people with functional impairment: analysis of the English General Practice Patient Survey

Shiner, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0016-5759, Ford, John and Steel, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-140X (2018) Care plan use among older people with functional impairment: analysis of the English General Practice Patient Survey. European Journal for Person Centred Healthcare, 6 (4). pp. 571-578. ISSN 2052-5656

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Abstract

Objectives: Care plans may improve health when patients are involved in the care planning process. They are recommended for primary care. This study aimed to identify characteristics of older patients with functional impairment (age ≥75 years with problems completing daily activities) who report having a care plan and who are involved in care planning. Methods: The General Practice Patient Survey (individual-level dataset) 2015-16 in England was analysed. Logistic regression was used to estimate associations between having a care plan and being involved with care planning and age, gender, ethnicity, deprivation, multimorbidity, interpersonal relationship with general practitioner (GP) and other variables, clustered at practice level. Results: Three point five percent of GPPS respondents and 14.4% of older people with functional impairment reported having a care plan; however, only a quarter of the latter were involved with the care planning process. Involvement with care planning was associated with seeing own GP (odds ratio (OR) 1.88, 95% confidence interval (CI)1.48 to 2.38) and factors reflecting a positive interpersonal relationship with the GP, including having confidence in the GP (OR 5.92, CI 2.38 to 14.77). Respondents involved with care planning reported greater confidence in managing their own health. Conclusions: Few older people with functional impairment report having a care plan and fewer report involvement in the care planning process. This may reduce the ability of care plans to deliver health benefits and person-centered care.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	care plans,social care,person-centered healthcare,shared decision-making,self-management,collaborative goal setting,frailty,functional impairment,long term conditions,multimorbidity,patient activation,patient engagement,self-efficacy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2018 12:30
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 02:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69331
DOI:	10.5750/ejpch.v6i4.1547

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