Advance planning for health care and research among older adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Advance directives for health care and research; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN89993391
• Lead Sponsor: Research Centre on Aging (Canada)

Brief Summary

2012 protocol in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22221980/ (added 29/12/2020) 2017 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28260547/ (added 29/12/2020) 2018 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29523757/ (added 29/12/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-08-20
• Study Completion: 2011-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 11 January 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 470

Inclusion Criteria

1. Community-dwelling French-speaking individuals
2. Aged 70 years and over, either sex
3. Living in the Sherbrooke area in the province of Quebec
4. No cognitive deficits
5. Agree to designate a potential French-speaking proxy living in the same area

Exclusion Criteria

1. Mental disorders (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition [ICD-9], section 5)
2. Some diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (ICD-9, section 6)
3. Deafness
4. Blindness
5. Alcoholism

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prediction accuracy of substitute decision-making. Concordance assessments will be measured at 3 months and 12 months after the end of the intervention, using the same procedure as at baseline.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rates of written ADs. Three months and 12 months post-intervention, participants will be asked whether they have indicated their healthcare and/or research preferences in writing.