Clinical Study on the Effectiveness of Introducing Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Older Adults in Response to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Geriatric diseases
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000052366
- Lead Sponsor
- Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Division of General Medicine, Department of the Comprehensive Medicine 1, Hanako Yoshihara (Kurihara)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 49
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Individuals with dementia, severe hearing impairment, those for whom the attending physician clearly determined a prognosis of less than one month, and those who could not provide consent were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome was the proportion of participants who reported having an ACP discussion with his/her families at 3 months after enrollment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcomes included the following measures: scores on the four evaluation items of the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey at 3 months, Advance Directive completion at 3 months, the determination of the surrogate decision-maker's role at 3 months, and the occurrence of post-intervention anxiety assessed in part using the GAD-7 scale.