NCT03508557

Implementing Advance Care Planning Conversation Tools in Family Practice

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: McMaster University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the use of advance care planning conversation tools with patients attending their family doctor's office. Patients complete tools about their values and wishes, and a health care provider uses a structured discussion tool to talk about the patient's health condition and future wishes. The patient's family member/substitute decision-maker is encouraged to attend and be part of the discussions.

Detailed description

Structured tools are helpful for advance care planning. Tools have been developed to help with advance care planning because it is a process which has multiple steps and people involved. This study will help health care teams in primary care learn to use the tools with frail or older seriously ill patients and will evaluate the perceptions of patients, family members and health care providers, as well as the impact of having the discussions on subsequent health care interactions the patient has. Patients complete tools about their values and wishes, and a health care provider uses a structured discussion tool to talk about the patient's health condition and future wishes. The patient's family member/substitute decision-maker is encouraged to attend and be part of the discussions.

Conditions

• Frail Elderly Syndrome
• Chronic Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Advance care planning tools	Structured conversations between patients/substitute decision-maker and clinician based on education about advance care planning using locally relevant booklet/website, values clarification tool for patient engagement, clinician use of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2020-09-30
• Completion: 2020-10-30
• First posted: 2018-04-25
• Last updated: 2022-01-19

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Canada