Study on advance care planning in care dependent community-dwelling older persons in Germany: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- care dependent older patients
- Registration Number
- DRKS00016886
- Lead Sponsor
- Department für Versorgungsforschung der Universität Oldenburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 380
Inclusion Criteria
30 Randomized patients of each home care service aged 60 years and older, with German skills and a dementia screening scale score of 5 or lower (n=960). Recruitment will be done by two or more nurses of each participating home care service.
Exclusion Criteria
Home care services specialized in children care, palliative care or intensive care.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient activation (PAM-13 D)<br>Measurement times:<br>Baseline: August 2019<br>T1: April 2020<br>T2: September 2020
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) - T0, T1, T2;<br>2. Veterans Health Study Scale (VR-12) - T0, T1, T2;<br>3. ACP-Engagement Survey (4 items) - T0, T2;<br>4. Hospitalization and institutionalizing - T0, T1, T2; <br>5. Mortality - T0, T1, T2; <br>6. Usage of medical advice regarding ACP and completion rate of advance directives and health care proxies - T0, T1, T2