Improving Communication for Primary Care Patients

NCT04819191 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64915

Last updated 2025-03-03

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Summary

This is a pragmatic trial of SHARING Choices. Components of SHARING Choices include:

1. A letter from the clinic introducing an initiative to prepare persons and families for Advance Care Planning (ACP);
2. Access to a facilitator trained to lead ACP discussions;
3. Patient-family agenda-setting to align perspectives about the role of family and stimulate discussion about ACP;
4. Facilitated registration to the patient portal (for patient and family) as desired;
5. Education \& resources about Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) for clinic staff.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SHARING Choices

SHARING Choices is a multicomponent communication intervention to proactively engage family members or friends and to support advance care planning in primary care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medstar Health Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER
  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH
  • Johns Hopkins University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Wolff, PhD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-01
Primary Completion
2023-11-20
Completion
2023-11-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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