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Advance Care Planning & Goals of Care Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Care

NCT03434626 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2019-06-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Sometimes people with health conditions become ill suddenly and can no longer speak for themselves and another person (such as a family member) will make health care decisions for them. This means it is important for people to think about their wishes and tell others about them. This is called advance care planning. When people have done advance care planning, if they become very sick and cannot speak for themselves they are more likely to get the kind of health care they want and it is easier for the people who make decisions for them. In Alberta, there is a form in the health care system that is used to indicate a person's wishes if participants are unable to speak for themselves. There are tools such as brochures, questionnaires, and videos that can help participants learn about advance care planning and serious illness conversations. This research is being done to study whether using tools for advance care planning will help improve goals of care designation completion rates in such a way that they better reflect patient values. In this project, we aim to determine the efficacy of tools to increase the quality and quantity of advance care planning (ACP) and Goals of Care Determinations (GCD) in primary care settings in Alberta.

Conditions

  • Chronic Illness
  • Comorbidities

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ACP Education

Decision aid and Goals of Care Designation form information administered by Navigator

OTHER

Usual care

Usual care includes reviewing Goals of Care Designation form and Greensleeve with physician

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Howard, PHD · McMaster University

  • Daren K Heyland, MD · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-20
Primary Completion
2018-09-26
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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