Comparing the Stanford Letter Project Form to Traditional Advance Directives
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Randomized clinical study.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Advance Directives, Palliative Care. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Our goal is to compare two types of advance directives forms available in English and Spanish to determine which is more easy to use for patients.
Detailed description
Step1: Any adult participant who is interested in completing advance directives and able to read and write in English and or Spanish will be eligible to participate in the study
Step 2:
Online Stanford consent form will be presented before the participants. Only after they read the consent and click on the participation link will they be able to enter the study.Those who are willing to participate will be randomly assigned to either the letter or traditional advance directives in Spanish and study measures. They will also answer questions as to how much they liked and understood the documents.
Step 4: The investigators will collect data until the investigators reach an n=1000
Step 5: The investigators will analyze the results and submit for publication.
In this protocol, we are assessing whether patients prefer the traditional advance directives or the letter directive. As it is just an questionnaire based study, there no risk for patients.
Interventions
- Other Randomized clinical study
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two advance directives and we will assess which they prefer. This is not a human health intervention
Primary outcome measures
- Ease of use of Questionnaire. more patient-centered and family oriented [Time frame: 1year]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Ease of use to describe how decisions are made [Time frame: 1year]
- Ease of use about the type of treatment and care. [Time frame: 1year]
- Ease of use about letting my doctors about my wishes. [Time frame: 1 year]
- Ease of use if I cannot make decisions for myself then the form says it. [Time frame: 1 year]
- Ease of use about my future preferences. [Time frame: 1 year]
- Ease of use of the form itself. [Time frame: 1 year]
- Ease of use and the comments participants may have. [Time frame: 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Over 18 years of age
Exclusion criteria
- Under 18
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Stanford School of Medicine — Stanford
Identifiers
NCT: NCT02799537 · 36786