ACP-Family Programme for Palliative Care Patients and Their Family Member

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Conditions studied: Palliative Care

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a structured, family-supported, patient-centred advance care planning (ACP) in palliative care patients and their family members. The main question it aims to answer is: • the effectiveness of the ACP intervention on promoting end-of-life decision making and psychological outcomes in patients and family members. Participants will be assigned to either the ACP-Family group (ACP-Family) to receive a structured, family-supported, patient-centred ACP intervention or usual palliative care (ACP-UC) at the hospital. Researchers will compare the ACP-Family and ACP-UC groups to see if the ACP-Family group will produce better outcomes than the ACP-UC group.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT05935540
Run by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
People needed: 170
Starts: 2023-09-19
Expected to finish: 2025-11-30
Last updated by the study team: 2024-10-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patient:
aged ≥ 18,
receiving palliative care at the study hospitals,
able to communicate in Cantonese, and
cognitively intact (Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) score ≥ 7)13 at the time of recruitment
Family member:
aged≥ 18
able to communicate in Cantonese, and
nominated by the patient who is likely to make substituted decisions for the patient in future health care issues.

You may not qualify if…

are engaging in ACP discussion with healthcare professionals in the hospital at the time of recruitment.

Where it is running

Shatin Hospital — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
Bradbury Hospice — Hong Kong, Hong Kong
United Christian Hospital — Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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