Advanced cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:A motivational interviewing based, family-centered education program
Control group:Advance care planning educational booklet
Sponsors
The University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients' health condition: • =18 years or older • Diagnosed with advanced cancer • Within 1 year life expectancy estimated by clinicians • Able to nominate a willing caregiver who would involve in their medical care discussion Family caregivers: • =18 years or older • Potential surrogate decision-maker nominated by patients; or Primary medical decision-maker for patients; • Able to communicate in Mandarin and read in the simplified Chinese • Able to give consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Caregivers will be ineligible if they are: a. Presence of any impairments influencing communication and decision-making capacity identified (e.g. advanced dementia, deafness or aphasia).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Advance care planning engagement (Caregiver); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Completion rate of advance care planning activities;Prognostic awareness and goal of care;Decisional conflict;Grief;Healthcare utilization;Perceived depression, anxiety and stress; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaohang Liu; Chia-Chin Lin
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed