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A Media Communication Intervention to Increase Engagement in Advance Care Planning Among Cancer Patients

NCT04208009 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2021-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Advance care planning (ACP) is critical to the provision of quality end-of-life (EoL) care and has been associated with greater likelihood of patients' EoL wishes being followed. Despite the importance of engaging in ACP, less than half of cancer patients engage in ACP and those with low health literacy are at greatest risk of not completing advance directives. Major limitations of prior work include not effectively improving knowledge of ACP and patients viewing ACP as irrelevant. The proposed studies aim to address these prior limitations by developing and pilot testing empirically grounded, novel, easy-to-understand, and engaging communication tools that apply the medium of animated videos to communicate ACP. Specifically, the proposed studies will develop and pilot-test four animated videos (description of ACP; importance of engaging in ACP now; importance of communicating ACP to loved ones, health care proxies, and providers; and how to communicate wishes and complete advance directives).

Conditions

  • Advance Care Planning Animated Videos

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Advance care planning animated videos

Four advance care planning videos: 1) Description of ACP; 2) Explanation of the importance of engaging in ACP now; 3) Communicating wishes to one's loved ones and family members; and 4) Communicating wishes to one's doctor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Shen, PhD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-05-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-30
Completion
2021-03-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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