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advance care planning voluntary process whereby individual preferences values beliefs used aid person planning endoflife care currently local instrument assess individuals awareness attitude towards advance care planning study aimed develop advance care planning questionnaire determine validity reliability among older people malaysia advance care planning questionnaire developed based literature review face content validity verified expert panel piloted among 15 participants study conducted october 2013 february 2014 urban primary care clinic malaysia included aged 50 years could understand english retest conducted 2 weeks first administration participants pilot study encounter problems answering advance care planning questionnaire hence modifications made flesch reading ease 71 final version advance care planning questionnaire consists 66 items 30 items measured nominal scale whilst 36 items measured likertlike scale able validate 22 items remaining 14 items descriptive nature total 245 eligible participants approached 230 agreed participate response rate 939 factor analysis 22 items measured likertscale revealed four domains feelings regarding advance care planning justifications advance care planning justifications advance care planning fate religion justifications advance care planning avoid thinking death cronbachs alpha values items domain ranged 06370915 testretest kappa values ranged 07380947 final advance care planning questionnaire consisted 63 items 4 domains found valid reliable instrument assess awareness attitude older people malaysia towards advance care planning