Status:
COMPLETED
A Nurse-led, Advance Care Planning Intervention in the Emergency Department
Lead Sponsor:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Cambia Health Foundation
Conditions:
Emergency Department
Motivational Interviewing
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
ED GOAL is a 6-minute, motivational interviewing, advance care planning intervention. In this study, the investigators will pilot test (Part I) ED GOAL by training research nurses to demonstrate its ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Part 1.
- ≥50 years of age AND ≥1 Serious illness\* OR ED clinician would not be surprised if patient died in the next 12 months
- English-speaking
- Capacity to consent
Exclusion
- Acute physical or emotional distress
- Determined by EM physician not to be appropriate
- Clearly documented goals for medical care\*\* (Unless the treating clinician recommends that the patient needs the intervention)
- Delirium (assessed using 3D-CAM)
- Mild cognitive impairment or dementia (assessed using MiniCog or SBT)
- Already enrolled in this study
- Unable/unwilling to schedule the follow-up outcomes assessment on the calendar.
- Part 2.
- Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥50 years of age AND ≥1 Serious illness\* OR ED clinician would not be surprised if patient died in the next 12 months
- English-speaking
- Patient with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia with caregiver has a capacity to consent
- Caregivers of patients with moderate/severe dementia has a capacity to consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 29 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
76 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04730986
Start Date
January 29 2021
End Date
June 1 2022
Last Update
June 24 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115