Pilot Study of an Advance Care Planning Intervention Among Persons With Dementia

NCT ID: NCT05049291

Last Updated: 2023-08-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

13 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-10

Study Completion Date

2023-07-18

Brief Summary

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Advance care planning allows people to have their wishes taken into account even in the advanced stages of the persons' condition and at the end of life when the person may be unable to communicate. However, a recent review found an absence of high-quality guidelines for advanced care planning in dementia care. Since few evidence-based resources exist, the investigators propose a study to generate, refine, and pilot test an education information sheet designed to promote advanced care planning among families of persons with dementia.

Detailed Description

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To determine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an education information sheet to promote advance care planning among family members of persons with advanced dementia in long-term services and support facilities.

Introducing an education information sheet containing prognosis and outcomes will be feasible, acceptable, and increase self-efficacy and do-not-hospitalize decision preferences among family members of persons with advanced dementia.

Conditions

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Advanced Care Planning Dementia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

One time receipt and review of an information sheet

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

telehealth advance care planning

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

An education information sheet containing prognosis and outcomes of acute care and intensive treatments

Non-Intervention

Usual care will be delivered per standards of care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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telehealth advance care planning

An education information sheet containing prognosis and outcomes of acute care and intensive treatments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Family member of a person with a diagnosis of dementia (any type)
* English-speaking family member
* Family member of a person with dementia admitted to a nursing home

Exclusion Criteria

* Inability to understand/read English
* Advance directive already in patient chart
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oregon Health and Science University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Donald Sullivan

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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STUDY00021951

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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