Building Resilience for Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Chinese Americans

NCT ID: NCT06247215

Last Updated: 2026-01-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

125 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-08

Study Completion Date

2025-12-18

Brief Summary

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The goal of this observational study is to learn about how Chinese Americans engage in advance care planning (ACP) discussions with their family caregivers.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. How do religious leaders discuss advance care planning and death-related topics with Chinese Americans who are diagnosed with cancer or heart disease in Chicago?
2. Are Chinese Americans living in Chicago ready to participate in ACP discussions with their family?
3. What kind of support and resources are required to engage in end-of-life care discussions among Chinese Americans/immigrants living in Chicago?
4. What do Chinese Americans with cancer, high blood pressure, or heart disease and their family members think about an ACP pamphlet made for Chinese Americans?

Participants will share their experience either through interviews or a survey.

Detailed Description

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The overall objective of this pilot study is to develop a culturally tailored resilience-building intervention for Chinese Americans with cancer or heart disease in Chicago. A qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews will be conducted to identify how religious leaders addressed death-related topics with Chinese Americans with cancer, heart disease, or hypertension in Chicago. In addition, a mixed-method study using surveys and focus groups to understand the readiness, support, and resources of Chinese Americans living in Chicago to participate in ACP discussions with their family. Finally, a usability study will ask Chinese Americans with cancer, high blood pressure, or heart disease, and their family members, to share feedback on an ACP pamphlet designed for Chinese Americans.

Conditions

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Advance Care Planning

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Religious Leaders

Religious leaders providing spiritual care to Chinese Americans

Religious leaders

Intervention Type OTHER

Religious leaders who have experience providing pastoral or spiritual care to Chinese Americans living in Chicago

Chinese Americans living in Chicago

Chinese Americans living in Chicago

Chinese Americans

Intervention Type OTHER

Chinese Americans living in Chicago.

Chinese Americans for end-of-life care discussions

Chinese Americans with experience in end-of-life care discussions

Chinese Americans with end-of-life care discussions

Intervention Type OTHER

Chinese Americans who have experience discussing end-of-life care decisions with others.

Chinese Americans with chronic disease and their family members

Chinese Americans diagnosed with cancer, hypertension, or heart disease and their family members

Chinese Americans with chronic diseases

Intervention Type OTHER

Chinese Americans who are diagnosed with cancer, hypertension, or heart disease and their family caregivers

Interventions

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Religious leaders

Religious leaders who have experience providing pastoral or spiritual care to Chinese Americans living in Chicago

Intervention Type OTHER

Chinese Americans

Chinese Americans living in Chicago.

Intervention Type OTHER

Chinese Americans with end-of-life care discussions

Chinese Americans who have experience discussing end-of-life care decisions with others.

Intervention Type OTHER

Chinese Americans with chronic diseases

Chinese Americans who are diagnosed with cancer, hypertension, or heart disease and their family caregivers

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years of age;
* Having served as a chaplain, pastor, or monk at a health care setting or religious organization in Chicago;
* Being able to read and respond to questions in English or Mandarin;
* Having experience in having end-of-life discussions with Chinese Americans in Chicago.


* Age ≥ 18 years of age;
* Identifying themselves as first- or second-generation Chinese Americans;
* Being able to read and respond to questions in Mandarin or English.


* Age ≥ 18 years of age;
* Identifying themselves as first- or second-generation Chinese Americans;
* Having experience discussing end-of-life care decisions with others;
* Being able to read, write, and respond to questions in either English or Mandarin.


* Age ≥ 18 years of age;
* Self-identify themselves as first- or second-generation Chinese Americans/immigrants;
* Having a diagnosis of chronic diseases, such as cancer, hypertension, or heart disease;
* Being able to read and respond to questions in Mandarin;
* Being of the non-Hispanic Asian race/ethnicity.


* Age ≥ 18 years of age;
* Being able to read and respond to questions in Mandarin;
* Having a family member who is self-identified as a first or second-generation Chinese American/immigrant and has been diagnosed with chronic diseases, such as cancer, hypertension, or heart disease.

Exclusion Criteria

Group 2


Group 3


Group 4


* Having cognitive impairment per a Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire with more than 3 errors, or
* Being born in the US.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rush University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Illinois at Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P50MD017349

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2023-0354

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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