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

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115