BACKGROUND: @entity1442 ( @entity1442 ) is an important component to holistic care for @entity1 with early @entity73 (ECI) who are generally still mentally capable of making rational decisions. This study explores the willingness of @entity1 with ECI to engage in @entity1442 and how clinical and behavioral variables shape their decisions. METHODS: Ninety-eight @entity1 with ECI (mild @entity73 or early @entity303 , Clinical @entity303 Rating  =  0.5/1.0) and assessed to have adequate insight (Clinical Insight Rating Scale) underwent an @entity1442 information session. They were assessed on their knowledge of @entity303 (Knowledge of @entity195 ) and willingness to engage in @entity1442 , and were interviewed on their beliefs and attitudes toward @entity1442 (Perceived Barriers and Benefits Scale to @entity1442 ). Univariate analysis and logistic regression identified factors that predicted @entity1 willing or unwilling to engage in @entity1442 based on their responses to the perceived barriers and benefits of @entity1442 as well as sociodemographic and clinical variables. RESULTS: Fifty-two @entity1 (54%) were keen on @entity1442 . On univariate analysis, @entity1 with better executive function [ @entity75 ( @entity75 )] (t  =  -3.63, P  <  .0001), were more educated (t  =  -2.11, P  =  .038) and had lower barriers to @entity1442 (t  =  2.47, P  =  .015), particularly less "passive coping" (t  =  2.83, P  =  .006), were more keen on @entity1442 . Logistic regression revealed that the combined predictive model comprising @entity75 , education, and passive coping as a whole reliably differentiated those unwilling to engage in @entity1442 from those who were willing (  (2)  =  18.995, P  =  .001 with df  =  4). Wald criterion showed that @entity75 (P  =  .016) and passive coping (P  =  .023) contributed most to prediction. CONCLUSIONS: Better education and executive function predict willingness to engage in @entity1442 , and these factors are instrumental in a @entity1 's ability to acquire knowledge and process information. Initiating @entity1442 discussions early, increasing efforts at education, and providing tailored information are important interventions that facilitate completion of @entity1442 .

Education and Executive Function Mediate Engagement in Advance Care Planning in Early XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['person', 'people', 'persons'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['Dementia', 'dementia'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive impairment'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['Frontal Assessment Battery', 'FAB'] @entity1442 :: ('MESH:D020178', 'Disease') :: ['Advance care planning', 'ACP'] @entity195 :: ('MESH:D000544', 'Disease') :: ['Alzheimer Disease']
@entity73 :: (MESH:D003072,Disease) :: ['Cognitive Impairment']
