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NCT number NCT04327830
Other study ID # MCD315
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date August 15, 2019
Est. completion date March 1, 2021

Study information

Verified date February 2021
Source CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Most Canadians wish to stay at home in their old age. As older adults stay at home with the support of home and community services, they are often faced with difficult decisions, such as "Who will look after me when I can't look after myself any more, or if I have dementia?" or "Should I move to a nursing home, or stay here?" Care providers in the home and community can support older adults and their families make these difficult decisions by providing them with information they need and asking them about their values and preferences. By helping older adults and their families know more about their choices and choose options that reflect what is important to them, care providers can work with their clients to help them make informed health decisions together. In this fellowship, the investigators will study what supports are needed for older adults to make informed health decisions from the perspective of older adults, caregivers and front-line care providers in the home and community setting across Canada. This can help improve the home and community services provided to older adults (and their caregivers) so that older adults (and their caregivers) can make better decisions together with their health care team.


Description:

Introduction Shared decision making is an interpersonal process whereby healthcare providers collaborate with and support patients in decision-making. Older adults receiving home care need support with decision-making (e.g., information on risks and benefits of options). This study will explore what older adults and their caregivers need for making better health-related decisions at home, and what health and social care providers need for supporting their home care clients with decision-making. Methods and analysis This two-phase sequential exploratory mixed methods study will be conducted in a pan-Canadian healthcare organization, St Elizabeth Health Care. First, the investigators will create a participant advisory group (one older adult, one caregiver and two care providers) to advise us throughout the research process. In Phase 1 (qualitative), the investigators will recruit a convenient sample of older adults and caregivers receiving home care to participate in open-ended semi-structured interviews to discuss what health-related decisions they face at home and what they need for making better decisions (e.g. types of knowledge, sources of support). In Phase 2 (quantitative), interdisciplinary health and social care providers (e.g., nurses, personal support workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists) will be invited to answer an online survey to share their views on the decision-making needs of older adults and their caregivers. The survey will include close-ended questions informed by findings from the qualitative interviews in Phase 1. Finally, qualitative and quantitative results will be triangulated from the perspective of older adults, caregivers and health and social care providers. Results will be reported using EQUATOR guidelines.


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Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Decisional needs assessment
Assessment of decision-making needs

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada CERSSPL Québec Quebec

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval St Elizabeth Healthcare

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (2)

1. Statistics Canada. Home health care and related services [Report on the Internet]. Ottawa: Statitics Canada, 2017 (cited July 31, 2019). Accessed on Feb 10, 2020 from: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190731/dq190731c-eng.htm

2. Canadian Institute for Health Information. Home care expenditures in the NHEX Database [Technical note on the Internet] Ottawa: The Institute; 2017 (cited November 2017). Accessed on Feb 20, 2020 from: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/technical_notes_on_home_care-nhex2017-en.pdf.

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Decision making needs of older adults who receive home care services and their caregivers. Interview of older adults and their caregivers. Open-ended questions guide by the Ottawa Decision Support Framework (ODSF). About 60 minutes
Primary What health and social care providers need to support older adults and their caregivers with making decisions. Survey of interdisciplinary health and social care providers, based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework (ODSF) factors contributing to difficulty. 5 to 10 minutes
Secondary -Health and social care providers opinion how often older adults faced difficult decisions. -Shared decision-making. -Others participants involved in the decision making. Opinion frequency; 5-point Likert scale always to never.
Shared decision-making generic approach in 5 questions; 5-point Likert scale always to never.
5 to 10 minutes
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