Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of a Decision Aid on Decision Making for Family Member's Disclosure of Terminal Illness
Lead Sponsor:
National Cancer Center, Korea
Conditions:
Terminal Illness
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is a randomized controlled trial that will compare two arms: an experimental intervention group that receives a decision aid consisting of an educational video and targeted manual providing...
Detailed Description
Inclusion and exclusion criteria: This study is aimed at decreasing the decisional conflict among family members who are ready or not to disclose patients' terminal illness. The decision aid will lea...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient:
- age≥ 18years
- cancer patient
- terminally ill
- mentally competent
- Family members:
- age≥ 18years
- having terminally ill cancer patients
- Spouse, daughter or son, parent, brother or sister
- having ability to understand the content of educational material
Exclusion
- serious comorbidity(stroke, heart attack, acute or chronic respiratory, acute or chronic renal disease, or cancer)
- inability to speak, hear or read Korean
- mentally incompetence (schizophrenia, bipolar, psychiatric or addictive disorder, or severe emotional distress)
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
440 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00686673
Start Date
June 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2009
Last Update
February 15 2011
Active Locations (14)
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1
National Cancer Center
809 Madu-dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 411-769
2
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 110-744
3
Kyung Hee University Medical Center
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 130-702
4
The Catholic University of Korea Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 137-701