Involving Family to Improve Communication in Primary Care
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cognitive Impairment
In brief
This study evaluates an agenda-setting checklist for patients with cognitive impairment and their family companions that is completed in the waiting room in advance of a primary care visit. The study team will conduct a two-group randomized trial to examine feasibility of the protocol and to compare medical communication (from visit audiotapes) during visits of patient-companion dyads who complete the checklist (n=50) with patient-companion dyads who receive usual care (n=50)
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02986958
- Run by
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- People needed
- 93
- Starts
- 2016-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-12-31
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Older adults: 65 years or older, established patient of participating primary care provider, regularly attend medical visits with one or more family member or unpaid friend "companion(s)", agree to allow companion to be contacted and participate in the study, authorize disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) in their electronic health record, able to provide informed consent or have a legally authorized representative
- Companion: family member (spouse, adult child, parent, adult sibling) or unpaid friend who accompanies older adult participant to medical visits.
- Primary care provider: practicing physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant at a participating primary care practice.
You may not qualify if…
- Older adults: younger than 65 years, no evidence of cognitive impairment, do not attend medical visits with family member or unpaid friend.
- Companion: paid non-family member who accompanies patient to visits
Where it is running
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians — Aberdeen, Maryland, United States
- Medstar Center for Successful Aging — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians — Westminster, Maryland, United States
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