CompletedNot Applicable

Preparing Family Caregivers to Make Medical Decisions for Their Loved Ones

United States285 participantsStarted 2013-06-01

Plain-language summary

The overarching goal of the project is to improve the process and experience of surrogate decision-making by family caregivers. Since feeling unprepared to make surrogate decisions is a major contributor to caregiver stress, the primary outcome is caregiver self-efficacy --i.e., caregivers' assessment of how well prepared they feel to serve effectively as a surrogate decision-maker. Through follow-on Renewal funding, we are now also qualitatively examining family caregivers' experience with surrogate decision-making.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. 18 years of age or older
✓. Diagnosis of kidney disease (e.g. chronic kidney disease, end stage renal disease ) OR advanced cancer (Stage IV disease or having an estimated survival of \<2 years) OR severe heart failure (e.g. New York Heart Assoc. Class III or Class IV) OR severe lung disease (e.g. Stage III or Stage IV COPD by modified GOLD Spirometric Classification, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis).
✓. Able to read and understand English at an 8th grade level (word 26 on either blue or tan version of the WRAT-3 reading subtest)
✓. Neuro-cognitively able to engage in ACP (Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) score \>23)
✓. No active suicidal ideations (i.e., score of 0 or 1 on item 9 of the BDI-II).

What they're measuring

Self-efficacy

Timeframe: 6 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02429479

SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-06-30

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