Status:
COMPLETED
A Study to Tailor Advance Directives
Lead Sponsor:
University of Chicago
Conditions:
Dementia
Persistent Vegetative State
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
In this study, hospitalized patients will first be surveyed regarding their interest in a traditional advanced directive (AD) and then in a modified AD.
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is to assess whether patients will execute an advance directive which offers a limited trial of life-sustaining therapy in non-terminal illness, declines life-sustaining ther...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hospitalized patients admitted to the general medical service at the University of Chicago
- Previously enrolled in a study of hospitalized general medicine patients at the University of Chicago
Exclusion
- Patients who score less than 17 out of 30 on the Folstein Mini-Mental Status Examination or who have a proxy decision-maker
- Patients who are medically unstable based on two or more abnormal vital signs
- Patients who face a possible new diagnosis of cancer
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
September 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00121004
Start Date
July 1 2005
End Date
September 1 2005
Last Update
September 5 2013
Active Locations (1)
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The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637