Table 2 Themes and subthemes
Themes | Subthemes | Viewpoint Provider |
|---|---|---|
Attitudes toward ACP | Positive: Wish expression | Participant 4, 5, 10, 17 |
Valuable decision-making | Participant 8, 12, 15 | |
Emotional comfort | Participant 1, 5, 6,14 | |
Negative: Unnecessary decision | Participant 3, 9,16 | |
Social pressure influencing ACP decision | Insufficient preparedness | Participant 7, 11, 13, 15, 17 |
Life-death perspective of the Chinese elderly | Participant 2, 6, 7, 8,10, 12, 14, 16 | |
Moral considerations | Participant 3, 5, 6, 9, 10,14, 15 | |
Behavioral willingness of the implementation of ACP | Legislative protection | Participant 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 13, 17 |
Systematic ACP instruction | Participant 5, 6, 12, 17 | |
Community-based tracking | Participant 8, 9, 13, 14 |