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University of Chicago |
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Information provided by: | University of Chicago |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00121004 |
In this study, hospitalized patients will first be surveyed regarding their interest in a traditional advanced directive (AD) and then in a modified AD.
Condition | Intervention |
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Dementia Persistent Vegetative State Terminally Ill |
Behavioral: Advance Directive Selection |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Psychosocial, Cross-Sectional, Convenience Sample, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | A Study to Tailor Advance Directives |
Estimated Enrollment: | 100 |
Study Start Date: | July 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | September 2005 |
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 therapy or artificial nutrition in advanced dementia, or declines life-sustaining therapy in general. Advance directives (ADs) as currently drafted have been questioned since they have not had much effect on end-of-life care. However, the reason for the lack of success may be simply that they rarely apply. Traditional ADs, which are limited to terminal illness or persistent vegetative states, are difficult to apply to the more common cases of critical illness in the setting of potentially reversible disease and advanced dementia, which are often not recognized as terminal. In addition, terminal ADs are drafted too narrowly for patients who do not wish for life-sustaining therapy regardless of condition.
Patients may execute either AD at the conclusion of the survey. This research has the potential to demonstrate widely reproducible methods on which more precise advance planning can be based and thereby improve end-of-life care.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, Illinois | |
The University of Chicago | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 |
Principal Investigator: | Elmer Abbo, M.D., Ph.D. | University of Chicago |
Principal Investigator: | David Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D. | University of Chicago |
Study ID Numbers: | 13787A |
Study First Received: | July 11, 2005 |
Last Updated: | August 9, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00121004 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Advance Directive Living Will Terminal Illness |
Persistent Vegetative State Unconsciousness Brain Damage, Chronic Consciousness Disorders Central Nervous System Diseases Brain Diseases Cognition Disorders Signs and Symptoms |
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Dementia Brain Injuries Neurobehavioral Manifestations Delirium |
Nervous System Diseases |