The Chit-Chat Educational Intervention to Promote Advance Care Planning in the Community

NCT06296719 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ACP Community 2024
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to estimate the effect size of the Chit-Chat intervention on ACP engagement among family members of older adults with multi-morbidity.

Conditions

Old Age; Family Members

Keywords

Family members; Older Adults with multi-morbidity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• ACP engagement

  The validated Chinese version of the ACP Engagement Survey - Surrogate Decision Maker consists of 17 items covering 4 dimensions: role cognition, contemplation, self-efficacy, and readiness. The questionnaire used a 5-point Likert scale to gather response. The total score can range between 17 and 85, with higher score indicating higher level of ACP engagement.

  2 Weeks; 1-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Knowledge of ACP

  2 Weeks; 1-month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Chit-Chat

EXPERIMENTAL

The Chit-Chat intervention, covering five areas, including (1) Serious illness in older adults, (2) Realities of caring and dying from a carer's perspective, (3) Introduction to the importance of advance care planning for individuals and communities, (4) Effective communication between older adults, family members, and healthcare professionals in ACP conversations (i.e. listening to the wishes and preferences of older adults regarding their needs), and (5) audience participation and clarification including questions, answers and concerns.

Other: Chit-Chat

Waitlist Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

Chit-Chat OTHER

Participants will receive the 2 sessions of the Chit-Chat intervention on a weekly basis.

Chit-Chat

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age 18 or above;
• a family member of a relative who aged 60 or above and lives with at least two severe chronic diseases such as cancer, dementia, lung, heart, liver, and renal disease.
• they perceived themselves will take part in taking care of their relatives in the near future;
• able to read and communicate in Cantonese.
• they are self-reported as cognitively intact

You may not qualify if:

• their relatives have been referred to palliative care service before the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

Study Officials

• Doris YP Leung, PhD

  The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 27, 2024
• First Posted: March 6, 2024
• Study Start: May 30, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2024
• Study Completion: August 31, 2024
• Last Updated: October 10, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)