Improving Advance Care Planning by Preparing Diverse Seniors for Decision Making

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Disease

In brief

The objective of this proposal is to test whether a multi-media website (www.prepareforyourcare.org) that is focused on preparing older adults for communication and medical decision making can help people engage in advance care planning.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01990235

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

541

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-17

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English-speaking older adults (≥55 years)
• ≥ 2 chronic illnesses determined by International Classification of Diseases-9 (ICD-9) codes
• ≥ 2 visits with an outpatient primary care clinician at San Francisco General Hospital in the past year
• ≥2 additional outpatient/inpatient visits to San Francisco General Hospital in the past year

You may not qualify if…

• deaf, blind, or demented as determined by ICD-9 codes
• too mentally or physically ill to participate as determined by their clinicians
• Moderate or severe cognitive impairment as determined by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ), and mild cognitive impairment as determined by the SPMSQ plus an abnormal Mini-Cog
• self-reported poor vision and inability to see the words on a newspaper
• lack of a telephone
• traveling or moving out of the area for ≥3 months during the study follow- up period

Where it is running

• San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center — San Francisco, California, United States

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