Impact of Disease on the Concept of End-of-life Decisions of the Elderly in the Community

NCT ID: NCT01519622

Last Updated: 2012-01-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

88 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-02-29

Study Completion Date

2013-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine the priorities of the elderly in the community about end-of-life decisions. To check the perception of the disease in the elderly in the community.

Detailed Description

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This study is descriptive adapters which examines the relationship between illness perception and preferences of end of life decisions in the elderly in the community.

Population and sample: The target population will be elderly and healthy community elderly population was accessible due to a special branch of the club together in the center of the country. Sample to be a sample of convenience. The study will include 88 seniors aged 65 and over to get the power of 0.80 and alfa 0.05, Tools: The study used three tools.

* The first tool is a questionnaire on demographic and clinical details
* The second tool questionnaire the Long term support program (LTSP)
* The third tool is a questionnaire perception of the disease Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (IPQR)

The research process:

Investigator will present the proposal to the Commissioner Fund hospitals and request approval for the study. After receiving approval from the director Department of Health fund the hospital will make data collection phase HMO, days and hours of reception. Interrogator he is to partition the questionnaires and will be present when filling out the questionnaires to help, if and created a situation of lack of understanding of the questionnaires. Scholar, came to the population for the Disabled arriving at the clinic visit, and introduce himself and the subject of research. investigator will indicate questionnaire is anonymous.

Conditions

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Sick Elderly

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Sick elderly in community

Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Questionnaire to be distributed among sick elderly in the community

Interventions

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Questionnaire

Questionnaire to be distributed among sick elderly in the community

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Chronic illness
* Literate in Hebrew
* Treated in community HMO

Exclusion Criteria

* Someone hospitalized in previous year
* History of mental illness
* Cognitive problems
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Meir Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, , Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

Central Contacts

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Sheriff Khele, MA

Role: CONTACT

972-50-6579668

Other Identifiers

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K202/2011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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