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Our Care Wishes - Dementia

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Alzheimer Disease
Dementia
Memory Impairment
Interventions
Other: Our Memory Care Wishes
Registration Number
NCT05033262
Lead Sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Brief Summary

This Our Care Wishes- Dementia pilot study is adapting an existing successful online advance care planning platform to the specific needs of persons living with dementia and shared decision-makers (SDMs) and testing the usability and acceptability among nursing home residents and SDMs.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
14
Inclusion Criteria
  • Eligible PLWD will be receiving short-or long-term care at a participating NH, have documented moderate to severe cognitive impairment as measured by the Cognitive Function Scale included in the Minimum Data Set 3.0, 65 and have an identified SDM.
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants are not eligible discharged from participating NHs, or do not have access to a telephone or video chat.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
InterventionOur Memory Care WishesParticipants allocated to the intervention group will complete baseline measures. Then, the participant will review the Our Memory Care Wishes website and enter advanced care planning decisions and preferences into the website. Participants will complete follow up measures one week after the baseline interview. Participants receiving the intervention will complete additional follow up measures which include surveys measuring the ease of use of the website.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Adapted Decision Making Confidence ScaleBaseline

Items from the Surrogate Decision-Making Confidence Scale and 9-item ACP Engagement Survey were used and adapted to capture the confidence in advanced care planning decision-making from both persons living with dementia and their shared decision-maker' points of view. The scale utilizes a Likert scale with values ranging from 1 (not confident at all) to 5 (very confident).

Post Adapted Decision Making Confidence Scale1 week

Items from the Surrogate Decision-Making Confidence Scale and 9-item ACP Engagement Survey were used and adapted to capture the confidence in advanced care planning decision-making from both persons living with dementia and their shared decision-maker' points of view. The scale utilizes a Likert scale with values ranging from 1 (not confident at all) to 5 (very confident). This is the second time point the measure was collected.

Rate of ACP Website Completion - Time1 week

This tool measured total time spent by participants on the advance care planning website. Total time in minutes spent on the website were collected. Because SDMs navigated the website with the PLWD alongside them, this measure was only used to SDMs in the intervention group.

Website Ease of Use1 week

This scale measures the ease of use of the website. This scale uses a Likert scale from 0 (very hard) to 10 (very easy). These data were collected from PLWDs and SDMs in the intervention group.

Rate of ACP Website Completion - Questions Completed1 week

This tool measured what percentage of the website was completed by participants. Because SDMs navigated the website with the PLWD alongside them, this measure was only associated with SDMs in the intervention group.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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