Our Care Wishes - Dementia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alzheimer Disease; Dementia; Memory Impairment

• 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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-07
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-27
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-02
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-08
• Study Completion: 2021-09-08
• Results First Submitted: 2022-10-24
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-06-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-21
• Results First Posted: 2023-06-22
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-22

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.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants are not eligible discharged from participating NHs, or do not have access to a telephone or video chat.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adapted Decision Making Confidence Scale	Baseline	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 Scale	1 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 - Time	1 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 Use	1 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 Completed	1 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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania; 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States