NCT06509373

A Portal-based Advance Care Planning Intervention Among Community-Dwelling Persons Living With Cognitive Impairment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research is to examine the feasibility of using a patient portal based advance care planning (ACP) tool to improve ACP discussions and documentation in persons living with cognitive impairment in outpatient primary care.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to explore whether sending a portal-based ACP tool (called ACPVoice) paired with a motivational message within the patient portal before a routine primary care physician visit can improve ACP discussions and documentation within the electronic health record among persons living with cognitive impairment in outpatient primary care.

Conditions

• Advanced Care Planning

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Advance Care Planning Tool - ACPVoice	Eligible patients will be sent a secure MyChart message with a motivational message asking them to complete the advance care planning tool (ACPVoice) with their care partner/surrogate decision-maker or loved one before their upcoming primary care visit. The ACPVoice tool will be attached electronically to the mychart message. A reminder message will be sent to an non-responders with a different motivational message.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard of Care for Advance Care Planning	Patients will have access to the standardized advance care planning questionnaires readily available already within their mychart account which is part of standard of care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-19
• Primary completion: 2025-06-27
• Completion: 2025-12-10
• First posted: 2024-07-19
• Last updated: 2026-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States