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Implementing a Nurse-led Advance Care Planning (ACP) Intervention in Residential Care Homes

NCT06238063 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2025-07-11

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Summary

The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to examine the effectiveness of a nurse-led advance care planning (ACP) intervention on improving ACP discussion uptake in residential care homes (RCHs). The main question it aims to answer is: The effectiveness of nurse-led advance care planning (ACP) interventions implemented on eligible residents in residential care homes on improving ACP discussion uptake in this population.

Compared to participants in the control group who will only receive usual care with no ACP intervention, residents and their family members in the intervention group will be invited to attend the ICP meeting with ACP discussion. The ACP discussion will be guided by the established protocol, which was developed by the expert panel and delivered by trained nurses.

Conditions

  • Advanced Care Planning

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nurse-led Advance Care Planning (ACP) Intervention

An ACP discussion between the participating resident, family members, and the trained nurse will be incorporated into the annual review. The proposed ACP intervention will be divided into three parts (three weekly sessions, 1.5 hours each): 1) preparatory, 2) discussion, and 3) follow-up sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chia-Chin Lin, PhD · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-01
Primary Completion
2025-10-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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