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Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Elderly Cardiac Surgery Patients

Canada35 participantsStarted 2015-10

Plain-language summary

This is a prospective epidemiological pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of recruiting and retaining patients in a large multicenter study that will audit Advanced Care Planning (ACP) practices and satisfaction with End Of Life (EOL) communication and decision-making in patients undergoing cardiac surgery using the current validated questionnaires and methodology.

Who can participate

Age range70 Years – 95 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age and over 70 years * Admitted for cardiac surgery; * Able to speak English or French; Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 70 years; * Unable to participate in the follow-up telephone survey; * Unable to speak English or French.

What they're measuring

Successful study completion

Timeframe: 1 month

Time frame

Timeframe: 1 month

Gait test

Timeframe: 1 month

patient retention

Timeframe: 1 month

Screen failure rate

Timeframe: 1 month

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02680327

SponsorMontreal Heart Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-04

Contact for this trial

Jennifer Cogan, MD, FRCPC

514-376-3330 jennifer.cogan@gmail.com

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