Status:
COMPLETED
Mixed Methods Study Web-based Life Support Decision Aid
Lead Sponsor:
University of Saskatchewan
Collaborating Sponsors:
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
Conditions:
Clinical Decision-Making
Eligibility:
All Genders
55+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients and families want to be involved in healthcare decisions. When the decision-making process does not engage older patients and their families, the care provided does not match patient preferen...
Detailed Description
A concurrent mixed method study of a life support decision aid (eLSDA) intends to prepare hospitalized, seriously ill older adult patients and their families to participate in shared decision-making. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Potential users of eLSDA, which are those who are hospitalized, seriously ill, older patients, their families, and their health care providers.
- Age 55 + with one or more of the following diseases:
- Chronic obstructive lung disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Cirrhosis
- Cancer
- End-stage dementia
- Renal failure
- Any patient 70 + admitted to the hospital from the community because of an acute medical or surgical condition.
- Any patient 55 - 69 years of age admitted to the hospital, who has high likelihood of death in the next 6 months, in the opinion of the treating physician.
Exclusion
- People who are not hospitalized or do not have family members that are hospitalized and are not a potential user of the eLSDA.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 29 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
120 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03271658
Start Date
June 1 2014
End Date
January 29 2017
Last Update
October 30 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Royal University Hospital
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 0W8