Status:
COMPLETED
Palliative Care Communication With Alaska Native and American Indian People
Lead Sponsor:
Southcentral Foundation
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Colorado, Denver
University of New Mexico
Conditions:
Advance Care Planning
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This mixed-methods study is culturally tailoring and evaluating a communication intervention to increase the frequency and quality of advance care planning with diverse American Indian and Alaska Nati...
Detailed Description
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary field that aims to relieve emotional, spiritual and physical suffering and improve quality of life in patients with serious, life-limiting illness and their fam...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Alaska Native and/or American Indian (patients)
- Age 18 or older (patients and providers)
- Employed at least 2 years as a primary care provider at one of the two study sites (providers)
- Have a primary care provider of record at one of the two study sites (patients)
- Have had at least 2 visits with primary care provider in previous 12 months (patients)
- Having at least one serious, life-limiting condition, including metastatic cancer, primary lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, heart disease, liver disease or cirrhosis, renal failure, or being oxygen dependent. (patients)
Exclusion
- Under age 18 (patients and providers)
- Not Alaska Native or American Indian (patients)
- Not having a primary care provider at one of the study sites (patients)
- Not being employed for at least two years as a primary care provider at one of the study sites (providers)
- Not having had at least 2 visits with a primary care providers at one of the study sites in the previous 12 months (patients)
- Not having a serious, life-limiting condition, such as metastatic cancer, primary lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, heart disease, liver disease or cirrhosis, renal failure, or being oxygen dependent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 28 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
59 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03256110
Start Date
January 28 2019
End Date
July 1 2021
Last Update
October 11 2021
Active Locations (2)
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1
Southcentral Foundation
Anchorage, Alaska, United States, 99508
2
First Nations Community HealthSource
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87108