Patient and Family Partners in Heart Failure Care: Pilot Test of a Pre-visit Question Prompt List to Enhance Engagement During Medical Visits

Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: Patient and Family Partners in Heart Failure: Pilot Test of a Pre-visit Question Prompt List to Enhance Engagement of Heart Failure Patients and Family Members During Medical Visits

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot study in 30 Heart Failure (HF) patients and visit companions (i.e., a family member who accompanies the patient to medical visits), to evaluate a pre- visit question/topic prompt list, designed to enhance patient and family member engagement during visits by providing a list of questions or topics that they may want to discuss with their health care provider.

Clinical Trial Description

Participants in this study will include 30 HF patients or dyads (i.e., a patient and family member who accompanies the patient into the examination room at a visit). While our study primarily will target HF dyads, if the investigators encounter recruitment difficulties, unaccompanied HF patients (i.e., HF patients who do not have a family member who can participate in the study with them) will also be enrolled. Procedures (methods): Single group pre-post study design. After providing informed consent, HF patients or dyads will receive the prompt list while in the waiting room prior to their visit. Completing the prompt list involves two steps. In step 1, participants will independently select from a predetermined list of questions (within topic areas) that they would like to ask their health care provider. The questions/topics were developed by other HF patients and family members in another phase of the study. Also, patients will be asked to choose behaviors they would like their family member to engage in during the visit (e.g., write down the provider's instructions, ask questions), from a structured list developed based on prior research. Family members will identify which behaviors they are willing to perform. In step 2, patients or dyads will collectively prioritize which questions/topics to discuss during the visit. Each dyad member will receive a prompt list to complete in the clinic waiting room immediately before their appointment. All visits will be audio-taped to assess effects of the intervention on communication behaviors during the visit. All participants will complete a questionnaire at baseline, 2 days after the audio-taped clinic visit, and at 3 months. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Failure

• NCT number: NCT03491800
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 23, 2018
• Completion date: August 15, 2018