Preparing Older Veterans With Serious and Chronic Illness for Decision Making
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Aging
In brief
Millions of diverse Veterans live with severe and chronic illness for which they will face complex, ongoing decisions. Although the VHA has been at the forefront of patient-centered chronic care, interventions to prepare Veterans for complex decision-making over the course of chronic illness are lacking. This proposal addresses this gap by testing the efficacy of a novel preparation guide designed to prepare Veterans to communicate with their surrogates and to work with clinicians to make complex, ongoing decisions. The multi-media guide teaches communication and preparation skill behaviors (e.g., how to choose a surrogate and ask clinicians questions) in a culturally appropriate, easy-to-use format (targeted to a 5th grade reading level). This study aims to provide an impetus for changing the paradigm of advance care planning policies within the VA by moving beyond documentation of end-of-life wishes to the activation of Veterans to participate in ongoing communication of their values and goals - a process that is essential to fully realize patient-centered care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01550731
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 414
- Starts
- 2012-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-18
Who can join
Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans
- 60 years of age
- who have been seen in the General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Women's Clinics twice in the past year
- and have 2 or more serious or chronic medical conditions as determined by ICD-9 codes
You may not qualify if…
- Veterans will be excluded if they are:
- deaf
- blind
- demented
Where it is running
- San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA — San Francisco, California, United States
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