Attitudes toward End-of-life and death among Japanese older adults

Effectiveness of Life-Ending Work (LEW) for Japanese older adults: A randomized controlled trial - Effectiveness of LEW for Japanese older adults: A randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000049179

Enrollment

Registered

2022-10-11

Start date

2022-10-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

community-dwelling older adults

Interventions

Older adults in the intervention group are engaged in Life-Ending Work (LEW). They also receive a booklet of EOL after the gaming. Older adults in the control group are not involved in LEW but receive

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Community-dwelling older adults Persons who give their consent to cooperate in this survey on a voluntary basis.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Under 65 years of age and over 85 years of age. A person who did not properly respond to the pre-survey questionnaire.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Attitudes toward EOL at two points: before the intervention (pretest) and one month after the intervention (follow-up) Death attitudes at three points: before the intervention (pretest), immediately after the intervention (posttest), and one month after the intervention (follow-up)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
EOL activities, motivation for EOL activities	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactDaisuke Kawashima

Chukyo University School of Psychology

d-kawash@lets.chukyo-u.ac.jp052-835-7407

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026