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Goals of Care: A Nursing Home Trial of Decision Support for Advanced Dementia

NCT01565642 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 302

Last updated 2018-08-10

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Summary

This cluster randomized controlled trial is to examine whether decision support for goals of care can improve quality of communication and decision-making and improve the quality of palliative care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Goals of care decision support

Decision aid and care plan meeting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura C Hanson, MD, MPH · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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