End-Of-Life Decision Making and Preparedness Planning Among Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized for Advanced Disease
Facilitating End-Of-Life Decision Making and Preparedness Planning Among Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized for Advanced Disease
Studieoversigt
Status
Status
Betingelser
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
This study will be a prospective pilot enrolling 10 patients with advanced disease admitted to the heart failure service at St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and who are not candidates for advanced therapies such as heart transplant or mechanical circulatory support (left ventricular assist device). Potential enrollees will be identified using a validated risk model that predicts death or poor quality of life in the six months after discharge from the hospital for heart failure exacerbation. Enrolled patients will complete validated questionnaires while still hospitalized, regarding health-related quality of life, illness acceptance, prioritization of different life goals, and confidence in decision-making regarding their terminal heart failure. Patients will then be given a paper exercise regarding delineation of an end-of-life plan and appointment of a surrogate medical decision-maker, to be completed after discharge. At their regularly scheduled admission follow-up visit with seven days of discharge, participants will be asked to bring their medical decision maker and participate in a semi-structured supplemental palliative care/education session facilitated by a heart failure nurse practitioner trained in palliative care discussions. Domains included in the intervention will include disease literacy and understanding, goals of care, legal issues for patients with terminal illness, symptom management, health-related quality of life, caregiver burden, patient autonomy, healthcare utilization, and establishment of end-of-life plans.
Outcomes to be measured after the intervention include repeated validated questionnaires and unstructured patient interviews at 1 month and, at 6 months, creation of a formalized end-of-life plan, change in code status, obtainment of an advanced directive, designation of a durable power of attorney, frequency of re-hospitalizations, emergency room visits and unscheduled clinic visits with providers, and death. These will be obtained at the time of regularly scheduled heart failure clinic follow-up visits or over the phone.
Undersøgelsestype
Undersøgelsestype
Fase
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Missouri
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Kansas City, Missouri, Forenede Stater, 64111
- Saint Luke's Hospital
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- advanced heart failure
- ineligible for advanced therapies
- 50% risk of death or continued poor heart failure-related health status at 6 months from hospital discharge, based on validated risk score
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hospice enrollment
- Previous heart transplant or left ventricular assist device placement
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Støttende pleje
- Tildeling: N/A
- Interventionel model: Enkelt gruppeopgave
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Antal våben
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / ArmDeltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / BehandlingIntervention / Behandling |
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Andet: Decision Making Intervention
At their regularly scheduled admission follow-up visit with seven days of discharge, participants will be asked to bring their medical decision maker and participate in a semi-structured supplemental palliative care/education session facilitated by a heart failure nurse practitioner trained in palliative care discussions.
Domains included in the intervention will include disease literacy and understanding, goals of care, legal issues for patients with terminal illness, symptom management, health-related quality of life, caregiver burden, patient autonomy, healthcare utilization, and establishment of end-of-life plans.
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At their regularly scheduled admission follow-up visit with seven days of discharge, participants will be asked to bring their medical decision maker and participate in a semi-structured supplemental palliative care/education session facilitated by a heart failure nurse practitioner trained in palliative care discussions.
Domains included in the intervention will include disease literacy and understanding, goals of care, legal issues for patients with terminal illness, symptom management, health-related quality of life, caregiver burden, patient autonomy, healthcare utilization, and establishment of end-of-life plans.
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)
Tidsramme: 1 month
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Heart failure-related quality of life
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1 month
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Decisional Conflict Scale
Tidsramme: 1 month
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Decision-making confidence/readiness
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1 month
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Peace, Equanimity, and Acceptance in Cancer Experience (PEACE) Scale
Tidsramme: 1 month
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Illness Acceptance
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1 month
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Kaldjian's Goals of Care at End of Life
Tidsramme: 1 month
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Patient-ranked importance for different goals of care
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1 month
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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Death
Tidsramme: 6 months
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Mortality
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6 months
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Code Status Change
Tidsramme: 6 months
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6 months
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Advance Directive creation
Tidsramme: 6 months
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6 months
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Durable Power of Attorney appointment
Tidsramme: 6 months
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6 months
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Unscheduled Healthcare Encounter
Tidsramme: 6 months
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Composite of re-hospitalizations, emergency department visits, urgent care visits, and unscheduled outpatient heart failure clinic visits
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6 months
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Efterforskere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: John A Spertus, MD, MPH, Saint Luke's Hospital
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Primær færdiggørelse
Studieafslutning (Forventet)
Studieafslutning
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Først opslået
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
Sidste opdatering sendt
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Nøgleord
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- 14-192
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