Status:
WITHDRAWN
Virtual Communication in the Hospital: Impact on Patients and Surrogates
Lead Sponsor:
Indiana University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Conditions:
Communication
Anxiety
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a pilot study of scheduled video/audio conferences by clinical navigators on the experience of surrogate decision makers for hospitalized older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD), delirium, ...
Detailed Description
As the COVID-19 pandemic exploded, hospitals across the globe completely excluded or severely limited family visitors. Thousands of patients have faced life-threatening illness or died without any lov...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient:
- 65 years or older
- cognitive impairment due to ADRD, delirium, or other causes of cognitive impairment severe enough that they require a surrogate for all medical decisions
- must have a surrogate decision maker based on a previously executed healthcare representative form or based on Indiana statute.
- Surrogate:
- English-speaking
- Surrogate does not plan to be at patient's bedside every day
- surrogate is 18 or older
Exclusion
- Patient:
- Less than 65 years old
- Incarcerated individuals (e.g. prisoners)
- Lack of cognitive impairment
- Terminal wean/ actively dying
- Surrogate:
- Less than 18 years old
- Incarcerated individuals (e.g. prisoners)
- non-English speaking
- plans to be at patient's bedside every day
- has a care contract or flagged for security risk
- state-appointed guardians
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 31 2026
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 31 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05395039
Start Date
March 31 2026
End Date
March 31 2026
Last Update
August 5 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202