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The Influence of Default Options in Advance Directives for Older Patients: A Pilot Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Advance Directive Forms for Advance Care Planning. Completed, enrolled 132 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The investigators aim to assess the influence of default options in advance directives on older patients selections of life- extending therapies and to determine whether alerting patients to the spectrum of possible default options in advance directives influences their selections of life-extending therapies by manipulating the default options of advance directives given to patients in with severe respiratory disease
Study Details
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Interventions
Consenting subjects will be randomly assigned to one of 3 study arms. Subjects will receive a different AD form based on which arm they have been randomly assigned. Once a completed AD form is received, a debriefing session will be held to alert patients to exactly how the 3 ADs used in the study differ. Once patients are fully informed about the variations in the ADs, they will have an opportunity to change their AD selections prior to finalizing them as a part of their medical record. A final satisfaction interview will take place with a research associate who will contact patients via telephone to administer a satisfaction questionnaire.