Assessing patient values first: Creating a platform for advance care planning (ACP) in the adult oncology population.

99 Background: Patients, families and healthcare providers can be apprehensive about having end-of-life (EOL) conversations. However, asking patients about personal values regarding their healthcare goals may create a platform for more in depth conversations. A quantitative instrument to assess patient values and ACP readiness was developed and validated to complement a process for identifying patients appropriate for ACP. Methods: Recruitment was conducted at seven cancer center sites in The US Oncology Network over a 90-day pilot study period. Of 871 identified patients, 301 Texas Oncology patients engaged in ACP. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used in 301 metastatic cancer patients. Sixty-three participants completed the questionnaire. The 13-item instrument was created after an extensive literature review regarding EOL choices and interventions using a 5-point Likert scale. Descriptive statistics were examined, in addition to analysis of the relationships between items using Pearson’s r corr...