A Media Communication Intervention to Increase Engagement in Advance Care Planning Among Cancer Patients

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Advance Care Planning Animated Videos

In brief

Advance care planning (ACP) is critical to the provision of quality end-of-life (EoL) care and has been associated with greater likelihood of patients' EoL wishes being followed. Despite the importance of engaging in ACP, less than half of cancer patients engage in ACP and those with low health literacy are at greatest risk of not completing advance directives. Major limitations of prior work include not effectively improving knowledge of ACP and patients viewing ACP as irrelevant. The proposed studies aim to address these prior limitations by developing and pilot testing empirically grounded, novel, easy-to-understand, and engaging communication tools that apply the medium of animated videos to communicate ACP. Specifically, the proposed studies will develop and pilot-test four animated videos (description of ACP; importance of engaging in ACP now; importance of communicating ACP to loved ones, health care proxies, and providers; and how to communicate wishes and complete advance directives).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04208009

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

9

Starts

2020-05-01

Expected to finish

2021-03-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-20

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 21 years or older
• Diagnosis of cancer
• English fluency

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are too weak or cognitively impaired to participate will be excluded.

Where it is running

• Weill Cornell Medical College — New York, New York, United States

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