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A Culturally Sensitive Values-Guided Aid for End of Life Decision-Making

NCT00122135 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2015-12-14

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Summary

The goal of this research agenda is to improve the quality of end-of-life care by explicitly identifying values that will guide the decision-making process, with a particular emphasis on the role of ethnic, racial and cultural factors.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Values Inventory (VI)

The Values Inventory was given to patients for self-administration while they were awaiting their clinic appointment. They were instructed to bring it to their physician's attention right at the beginning of their clinic visit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Ursula K. Braun, MD MPH · Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-12-31
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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