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NCT number NCT01519622
Other study ID # K202/2011
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received January 24, 2012
Last updated January 26, 2012
Start date February 2012
Est. completion date January 2013

Study information

Verified date January 2012
Source Meir Medical Center
Contact Sheriff Khele, MA
Phone 972-50-6579668
Email sharifkh@clalit.org.il
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Israel: Ministry of Health
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the priorities of the elderly in the community about end-of-life decisions. To check the perception of the disease in the elderly in the community.


Description:

This study is descriptive adapters which examines the relationship between illness perception and preferences of end of life decisions in the elderly in the community.

Population and sample: The target population will be elderly and healthy community elderly population was accessible due to a special branch of the club together in the center of the country. Sample to be a sample of convenience. The study will include 88 seniors aged 65 and over to get the power of 0.80 and alfa 0.05, Tools: The study used three tools.

- The first tool is a questionnaire on demographic and clinical details

- The second tool questionnaire the Long term support program (LTSP)

- The third tool is a questionnaire perception of the disease Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (IPQR)

The research process:

Investigator will present the proposal to the Commissioner Fund hospitals and request approval for the study. After receiving approval from the director Department of Health fund the hospital will make data collection phase HMO, days and hours of reception. Interrogator he is to partition the questionnaires and will be present when filling out the questionnaires to help, if and created a situation of lack of understanding of the questionnaires. Scholar, came to the population for the Disabled arriving at the clinic visit, and introduce himself and the subject of research. investigator will indicate questionnaire is anonymous.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 88
Est. completion date January 2013
Est. primary completion date January 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 65 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Chronic illness

- Literate in Hebrew

- Treated in community HMO

Exclusion Criteria:

- Someone hospitalized in previous year

- History of mental illness

- Cognitive problems

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Prospective


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Questionnaire
Questionnaire to be distributed among sick elderly in the community

Locations

Country Name City State
Israel Meir Medical Center Kfar Saba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Meir Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Sick Elderly in the Community Questionnaires regarding end-of-life decisions and perception of illness One year No