NCT02487810View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Intuition vs. Deliberation in Medical Decision Making

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2015

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2016

Conditions
Decision Making About Life-sustaining Treatment in Patients With Serious Cardiac, Respiratory and Oncological Conditions Likely to Limit Life Expectancy
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive load

Patients in the intuition arm of the study will be asked to complete a memorization task while they are answering survey questions.

BEHAVIORAL

Deliberative instructions

Patients in the deliberative arm will be given instructions to take their time and deliberate on their decisions

Trial Locations (1)

19104

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Leonard Davis Institute

UNKNOWN

lead

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

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