92
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
November 30, 2016
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2017
Advance care planning video
This is a video involving interviews with patients, a family member, two surgeons, an anesthesiologist, and an ICU nurse; these interviewees describe the typical events during a hospitalization for a major surgery and encourage the viewer to do some planning before surgery - the planning includes: (i) naming a person to make decisions for the participant, (ii) having a conversation with that person about goals and values, and (iii) continuing that conversation with the participant's surgeon.
Control video
This is a video showing the history of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and emphasizing that The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a great place to receive medical care.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
OTHER
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
OTHER