A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Decision Making Aid to Obtain Informed Consent in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

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Conditions studied: Surgery, Trauma

In brief

To demonstrate that clinical surrogates of SICU patients who view a video decision aid in addition to receiving written and verbal information about procedures and life sustaining therapy in the SICU make more informed decisions than patients and clinical surrogates who receive written and verbal information alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01589107

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

52

Starts

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-11-18

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical surrogates of the following patients will be eligible to participate in this opinion survey:
• All patients admitted to the SICU and not expected to die within 48 hours.
• Patient has been admitted to the acute care surgical service,
• The patient is over the age of 50 and does not have decision making capacity.
• Subjects must be over the age of 21 and English speaking to participate in the opinion survey.

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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