Preparation for End-of-Life Decision Making in Mild Dementia
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Dementia
In brief
The proposed study will adapt and pilot test an efficacious advance care planning interventions, Sharing Patient's Illness Representations to Increase Trust (SPIRIT), with patients with mild dementia and their surrogates to promote open, honest discussions while such discussions about end-of-life care are possible. Patient and surrogate decision maker dyads will participate in a single SPIRIT session and will then have a follow up phone call 2-3 days later. One year after the SPIRIT session some surrogates will be contacted to provide additional feedback about the intervention.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03311711
- Run by
- Emory University
- People needed
- 242
- Starts
- 2018-05-04
- Expected to finish
- 2022-12-07
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-04-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Assisted Living Facilities in the Metro Atlanta Area — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Grady Health System — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Emory Clinic Geriatrics — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Northwestern University — Evanston, Illinois, United States
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