Improving Patient-clinician Communication About End-of-life Care

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

42

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2005

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2007

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2008

Conditions
End-stage Renal Disease
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Patient-Centered Advance Care Planning

"The PC-ACP is a scheduled interview with the dyad, delivered by a trained nurse facilitator. It consists of 5 stages and lasts about an hour:~1. Representational assessment (10 - 15 minutes);~2. Exploring concerns related to planning for future medical decision-making (10 - 15 minutes);~3. Creating conditions for conceptual change (5 minutes);~4. Introducing replacement information using a disease-specific Statement of Treatment Preferences document (15 minutes); and~5. Summary (3 - 5 minutes)"

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

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