Effectiveness of Advance Care Planning Discussions Utilizing Illness Reflections for Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure

JRCT ID: jRCT1030230553

Registered date:10/01/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: heart failure
• Date of first enrollment: 08/08/2023
• Target sample size: 40
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Reflections on the disease

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Willingness to discuss the future

Secondary Outcome

Can you talk about the future without difficulty (naturally)?
Satisfaction with interactions related to discussions about the future conducted with the researcher
Timeliness of intervention
Timeliness of the intervention

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

(i) Patients admitted to an acute care hospital for heart failure
(ii) Patients whose symptoms have improved to the point where discharge is imminent
(iii) Patients with heart failure AHA staging Stage C or higher.

• Exclude criteria: Patients with psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia, and patients diagnosed with delirium.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Takashi Honma