Effects of An ACP Programme for Older People With Early Dementia

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Advance care planning (ACP) has been widely advocated for persons with early stage dementia (PWEDs). This proposed study attempts to promote the uptake of ACP for this population and their family caregivers in the community and to examine the effects of an ACP programme "Have a Say" for this population. It is hypothesized that participants in the intervention group will be more engaged in ACP and their dyadic concordance on end-of-life care preference with their family caregivers will be significantly higher than that in the control group.

Clinical Trial Description

This study aims to evaluate the effects of an advance care planning (ACP) programme "Have a Say" for persons with early stage dementia (PWEDs) and their family caregivers in the community. A randomized controlled trial with repeated blinded outcome assessment will be conducted to assess the effects of an ACP programme on dyads of PWEDs and their family caregivers recruited from elderly community centres. Individuals who have a clinical diagnosis of any form of dementia at the early stage or have a Global Deterioration Score (GDS) 3 or 4 will be eligible to this study. Participants in the experimental group will receive a 4-session ACP programme. It includes an educational component, guided reflection and ACP discussion through a series of group-based activity and dyadic discussion delivered by trained ACP facilitator and guided by an ACP booklet. Dyads of participants will be provided with information about the trajectory of dementia, their future healthcare needs and caring options. Their values and care preferences on future care will be elicited in a consistent manner. They will be supported to have an individualized ACP discussion. Individuals assigned to the control group will receive attention-control health talks. The primary study outcome is the ACP engagement level of PWEDs. Secondary outcome is the dyadic concordance on end-of-life care preference. Adverse outcomes such as depression and caregivers' burden will also be evaluated. Data collection will be conducted at baseline, immediately after, and one-month after the intervention. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05240664
Study type	Interventional
Source	Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	January 9, 2021
Completion date	August 31, 2021

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