Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01044290
Outlook Quality of Life Intervention Study
Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in Serious Illness Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 221 (actual)
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 95 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether discussions of life story, forgiveness, and future goals improve quality of life for patients with serious illness.
Detailed description
This is a randomized control trial to evaluate the feasibility of the Outlook intervention. 221 veterans with advanced cancer, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or end stage renal disease (ESRD) were randomly assigned to one of three intervention groups and completed a brief battery of pre-test measures. Subjects in the first group ("Outlook Intervention") were randomized to meet with a facilitator three times for a period of 45 min-1 hour. Participants were asked in the first session to discuss issues related to life review. They were asked in the second session to speak in more depth about issues of regret, forgiveness and things left undone. The subject of the final session was heritage and legacy. Participants in the attention control group were randomized to meet with a facilitator three times for a period of 45 min- 1 hour and listen to a non-guided relaxation audio disc (CD). Participants in the third group ("treatment as usual") were exposed to no interventional sessions. Participants were assessed with post-test measures administered by a blinded interviewer one week and 3 weeks after the intervention window.
Conditions
- Cancer
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Life Completion | Subjects discussed life review, issues of forgiveness and heritage and legacy. |
| OTHER | Attention Control | Subjects listened to a non-guided relaxation CD |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-02-01
- Completion
- 2014-04-01
- First posted
- 2010-01-07
- Last updated
- 2015-11-20
- Results posted
- 2015-10-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01044290. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.