Congenital Heart Disease Clinical Trial
Official title:
Improving Patient and Family Health Using Family-Centered Outcomes and Shared Decision-Making
This study is a randomized clinical trial where participants (parents of a fetus or neonate diagnosed with a life-threatening congenital heart disease (CHD)) will randomly be assigned to either receiving a web-based decision aid (DA) alone, or receiving the decision aid that includes a values clarification exercise. Because of the novel use of decision aids in CHD in an acute setting, we will also compare participants receiving the DA in a randomized control trial to a prospective observational population of families faced with similar decisions without a DA (control group). We have designated the Brief Symptom Inventory Global Severity Index of Global Distress 3 months post-birth or death/termination as our primary outcome measure.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 215 |
Est. completion date | June 30, 2025 |
Est. primary completion date | June 30, 2025 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Parents whose fetus/neonate was diagnosed with a life-threatening CHD that meets eligibility criteria below without restriction based on gender, race, age, or socioeconomic status. - We will request participation from both parents but will not disqualify families if only one parent participates. - Eligibility Criteria: Parents whose fetus/neonate was diagnosed with a life-threatening CHD that are offered the choice between intervention and comfort care (and in some cases termination). This is limited to the following diagnoses: Truncus Arteriosus, Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Complex Single Ventricle, Complex Single Ventricle with Heterotaxy, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), and Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with other types of CHD that are not listed above are not eligible. - Participants must be 18 years of age or older |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Primary Children's Hospital Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology Clinics or Cardiac or Neonatal Intensive Care Units | Salt Lake City | Utah |
United States | University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Utah | American Heart Association |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Combined Outcome Measure for Risk Communication and Treatment Decision Making Effectiveness (COMRADE) | COMRADE is validated patient-based outcome measure to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication and treatment decision making in consultations. There are two sub-scales for risk communication and confidence in decision. It allows for paternalistic, shared or informed choice decision making models. There are 10 questions that are answered on a 5 point Likert scale ranging from 1-strongly disagree to 5=strongly agree. Higher scores are better, as they indicate a stronger understanding from the provider. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision, & 3 months post-decision | |
Other | Preference for Shared Decision Making | This scale assesses participants' desire to participate in Shared Decision Making. It is an adaptation of the Degner & Sloan's Control Preference Scale. It is a one item question that asks people if they want to make the decision alone, with their clinician, or have their clinician make it. There is no right or wrong answer; it is up to patient preference, so no answer indicates a "better" than another. | 1 week from Baseline, 1 week post-Decision Aid, & 1 month post-decision | |
Other | Preparation for Decision Making | Preparation for Decision Making Scale is a validated scale which will assess participants' perspectives of the decision aid's usefulness in preparing them to communicate with their clinicians and for Shared Decision Making. These questions are answered on a Likert scale ranging from 1=not at all to 5=a great deal. A higher score indicates that they are better prepared and, thus, a better outcome. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid | |
Other | Decision Self-Efficacy Scale | 11 question survey that measures self-efficacy for performing informed decision making (e.g., getting needed information, asking questions, expressing opinions). Answers range in a 5 point Likert scale from 0=not at all confident to 4=extremely confident. Higher scores are better, as they indicate stronger self-efficacy. | 1 week from Baseline, 1 week post-Decision Aid, & 1 month post-decision | |
Other | Decisional Conflict Scale | A 16-question survey that measures 1) perceptions of uncertainty in choosing options, 2) feelings of having adequate knowledge and clear values, and 3) effective decision making. Answers range on a 5 point Likert scale from 0=strongly agree to 4=strongly disagree. Lower scores are better, as they indicate a stronger knowledge about choice availability. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision, & 3 months post-decision | |
Other | Decisional Regret | Decision Regret will be assessed by asking participants to reflect on the decision they made about which treatment option they chose for their child. The measure consists of 5 items assessed on a 5-point Likert scale from "Strongly agree" to "Strongly disagree". There is no right or wrong answer; it is up to patient preference, so no answer indicates a "better" than another. | 3 months post-decision | |
Other | Treatment Choice and Treatment Received | Treatment Choice will be assessed by asking participants to identify which treatment they chose. Using electronic health records, we will record the child's actual treatment in case of parental change of mind or misreport. A "better" score would be matching the treatment choice declaration with whichever treatment the electronic health record indicates that the patient received. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision, & 3 months post-decision | |
Other | Control Preference Scale | This scale assesses participants' desire to participate in Shared Decision Making. This scale is an adaptation of the Degner & Sloan's Control Preference Scale. It is a one item question that asks people if they want to make the decision alone, with their clinician, or have their clinician make it. There is no right or wrong answer; it is up to patient preference, so no answer indicates a "better" than another. | 1 week post baseline, 1 week post decision aid, 1 month post-decision | |
Other | Acceptability of the Decision Aid | This will be assessed with 5 questions. Participants will be asked questions about if they used the decision aid (DA) before their appointment or during their appointment, their likelihood to recommend the DA, the amount of information presented, and if the DA seemed biased. There is no "better" or more correct answer; it is up to the patient's opinion. | 1 week post decision aid | |
Other | Consultation Quality | 2 items measuring the quality of consultation. One is asking the participant to rate their usefulness of consultation on a 7 point Likert scale that ranges from 0=not at all useful to 6=very useful. The second is asking the participant if the clinician encouraged any certain treatment. There is no "better" answer, as these are opinions. | 1 week post baseline, 3 months post decision. | |
Other | SF-12 | The 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) is a validated scale measuring the participant's health that was designed to reduce respondent burden while achieving minimum standards of precision for purposes of group comparisons involving multiple health dimensions. Answers are given on a 5 point Likert scale ranging from 1=excellent to 5=poor for three of the questions (lower scores are better); answers are given in a dichotomous (yes/no) format for four of the questions ("yes" is better); answers are given on a 6 point Likert scale ranging from 1=all of the time to 6=none of the time for three of the questions (lower scores are better); answers are given in a trichotomous format (yes, limited a little; yes, limited a lot; no, not limited at all) for the remaining two questions ("no" is the better answer). | 1 week post Baseline, 3 months post decision | |
Other | Use of Information Sources | Participants indicate whether they consulted any of 10 sources of health information. Of these 10 sources, 2 ask about personal relationships (i.e., relatives and friends), 3 had their roots in massmedia (i.e., exposure to television/movies, magazines, and books about CHD), and 2 were educational/research-based (i.e., scientific journals/research papers and the internet). The remaining 3 sources included providers, support groups, and other parents who have a child with CHD. Answers are in a 5 point Likert scale ranging from 1=never to 5=a great deal. There is no right or wrong answer; it is up to patient preference, so no answer indicates a "better" than another. | 1 week post decision aid | |
Other | Impact of a Child with Congenital Anomalies on Parents | ICCAP is a validated questionnaire developed to assess the impact of giving birth to a child with severe anatomical congenital anomalies on parental quality of life as a result of early stress. There are 32 questions: 4 ask about contact with caregivers, 6 ask about support from social network, 5 ask about partner relationships, 4 ask about the participant's state of mind, and the remaining 13 ask about fear and anxiety. Answers range on a 4 point Likert scale that ranges from 1=strongly disagree to 4=strongly agree, with a "not applicable". With the first three categories (contact with caregivers, social network, and partner relationships), a higher score is a "better" score; the remaining two categories (state of mind and fear/anxiety) are reverse-scored, so a lower score is "better". | 1 month post decision, 3 months post decision | |
Primary | Change in the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) Global Severity Index of Global Distress | The BSI is a validated scale of 53 questions that indicate the degree of stress the participant has experienced within the previous seven days. Answers range in a 5 point Likert scale from 0=not at all to 4=extremely. The scale measures stress, so a lower score is better. Scores are obtained for nine primary symptom dimensions and three global indices of distress.
The primary comparison is the baseline measurement versus 3 months post-decision measurement. We are looking at how those measurements changed. |
1 week post baseline & 3 months post-decision | |
Secondary | Decision Quality - Values | Six question scale that measures the values that the participant makes while choosing medical treatment. Answers range in a 6-point Likert scale from 1=most important to 6=not as important. There is no right or wrong answer; it is up to patient preference, so no answer indicates a "better" than another. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision, & 3 months post-decision | |
Secondary | Decision Quality - Knowledge | 27 questions assessing the participant's knowledge of treatment options for CHD. Participants not in the intervention arm will also take this survey for comparison. 21 of the questions use a dichotomous response format (either "true / false" or "yes/no"); 5 questions are multiple choice. All questions are answered with full access to the decision aid (if not in standard care arm) since participants are not meant to test recall. "Better" scores will be measured by how many questions that a participant answers correctly. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision, & 3 months post-decision | |
Secondary | Perinatal Grief | Measured using the Perinatal Grief Scale which measures grief, coping, and despair following the death of a child. This scale was also adapted for a child who did not die. Answers are on a 5-point Likert scale that ranges from 1=strongly agree to 5=strongly disagree. A higher score would indicate less grief, and would therefore be considered "better". | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision, & 3 months post-decision | |
Secondary | Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) Global Severity Index of Global Distress | The BSI is a validated scale of 53 questions that indicate the degree of stress the participant has experienced within the previous seven days. Answers range in a 5 point Likert scale from 0=not at all to 4=extremely. The scale measures stress, so a lower score is better. Scores are obtained for nine primary symptom dimensions and three global indices of distress. | 1 week Post-Decision Aid, 1 month post-decision |
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