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Intuition vs. Deliberation in Medical Decision Making

NCT02487810 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2019-07-19

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are systematic differences between the decisions patients make intuitively versus deliberatively about life-sustaining medical therapies.

The targeted population is inpatients at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with serious medical problems. The study will involve facilitated interviews with patients using a survey instrument developed in Qualtrics.

Conditions

  • Decision Making About Life-sustaining Treatment in Patients With Serious Cardiac, Respiratory and Oncological Conditions Likely to Limit Life Expectancy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive load

Patients in the intuition arm of the study will be asked to complete a memorization task while they are answering survey questions.

BEHAVIORAL

Deliberative instructions

Patients in the deliberative arm will be given instructions to take their time and deliberate on their decisions

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Scott D Halpern, MD, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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