Goals of Care: A Nursing Home Trial of Decision Support for Advanced Dementia

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill1 site in 1 country302 target enrollmentMay 2012

ConditionsDementia

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Dementia
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Enrollment: 302
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Quality of Communication and Decision-making
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 7 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This cluster randomized controlled trial is to examine whether decision support for goals of care can improve quality of communication and decision-making and improve the quality of palliative care for nursing home residents with advanced dementia.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

May 2012

End Date

July 2015

Last Updated

7 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Surrogate for nursing home resident with advanced dementia, paired with resident with advanced dementia

Exclusion Criteria

•Non-related legal surrogate without personal knowledge of resident

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Quality of Communication and Decision-making

Time Frame: 3 months

The Quality of Communication (QOC) score with its End of Life (EOL) subscale score. Scores range 0-10 on QOC and its subscales, with higher scores indicating better communication quality.