Study on advance care planning in care dependent community-dwelling older persons in Germany: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Conditions

care dependent older patients

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Silies K, Schnakenberg R, Berg A, Kirchner Ä, Langner H, Köberlein-Neu J, Meyer G, Hoffmann F, Köpke S.

2020-07-167 citations

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Rieke Schnakenberg, Katharina Silies, Almuth Berg, Änne Kirchner, Henriette Langner et al. (12 authors)

BMC Geriatrics2020-04-1721 citations

10.1186/s12877-020-01537-4

Interventions

Group 1: Advance Care Planning, offered by nurses working in home care services Group 2: Optimized usual care, comprising a written information broschure regarding advance care planning issues

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 30 Randomized patients of each home care service aged 60 years and older, with German skills and a dementia screening scale score of 5 or lower (n=960). Recruitment will be done by two or more nurses of each participating home care service.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Home care services specialized in children care, palliative care or intensive care.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient activation (PAM-13 D) Measurement times: Baseline: August 2019 T1: April 2020 T2: September 2020	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) - T0, T1, T2; 2. Veterans Health Study Scale (VR-12) - T0, T1, T2; 3. ACP-Engagement Survey (4 items) - T0, T2; 4. Hospitalization and institutionalizing - T0, T1, T2; 5. Mortality - T0, T1, T2; 6. Usage of medical advice regarding ACP and completion rate of advance directives and health care proxies - T0, T1, T2	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRieke Schnakenberg

Universität Oldenburg, Department für Versorgungsforschung

rieke.schnakenberg@uol.de+49 441 798 4035

Outcome results

None listed