NCT06616909

Advance Care Planning Impact on the Consistency of Older Adults With Lung Cancer and Their Potential Surrogates Regarding Life-Sustaining Treatment Preferences

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: Globally and nationally, malignant tumors persist as the leading cause of high incidence and mortality rates. In Taiwan, cancer tops the list of causes of death, with the elderly being predominantly affected, especially by lung cancer, which is the most prevalent type with the highest mortality and incidence rates in the nation. The Patient Autonomy Rights Act, implemented by the government in 2019, is designed to promote advance medical care consultation in medical institutions, respecting patient's autonomous decisions. In Chinese culture, medical decisions are typically family-oriented rather than individualistic, leading the elderly to frequently rely on their relatives'choices. This cultural practice may prevent meaningful conversations between potential agents and the elderly, causing misunderstandings of the elderly's preferences and affecting the consistency of medical decisions. Presently, interventions like board games for Advance Care Planning (ACP) are not well received, highlighting the need for more captivating content in intervention strategies.

Conditions

• Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
• ELDERLY PEOPLE
• Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ACP GAME	,Using board games as an activity intervention, a tool for discussion between elderly people with lung cancer and potential agents
BEHAVIORAL	acp manual	acp manual

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-22
• Primary completion: 2025-07-12
• Completion: 2025-09-30
• First posted: 2024-09-27
• Last updated: 2024-09-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan