Implementing Advance Care Planning Conversation Tools in Family Practice
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 120
Summary
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease
- Frail Elderly Syndrome
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Single group before-afterMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Other
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 60 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Structured tools are helpful for advance care planning. Tools have been developed to help with advance care planning because it is a process which has multiple steps and people involved. This study will help health care teams in primary care learn to use the tools with frail or older seriously ill p...
Structured tools are helpful for advance care planning. Tools have been developed to help with advance care planning because it is a process which has multiple steps and people involved. This study will help health care teams in primary care learn to use the tools with frail or older seriously ill patients and will evaluate the perceptions of patients, family members and health care providers, as well as the impact of having the discussions on subsequent health care interactions the patient has. Patients complete tools about their values and wishes, and a health care provider uses a structured discussion tool to talk about the patient's health condition and future wishes. The patient's family member/substitute decision-maker is encouraged to attend and be part of the discussions.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03508557
- Collaborators
- Canadian Frailty Network
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Michelle Howard, PhD McMaster University
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