Effectiveness of an Advance Care Planning Intervention in Adults Receiving Dialysis and Their Families: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evidence of effectiveness of advance care planning (ACP) strategies for patients receiving dialysis and their families is needed.

Objectives

To test the effectiveness of an ACP intervention to prepare patients and their surrogates for end-of-life (EOL) decision-making and to improve surrogate bereavement outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cluster randomized clinical trial, An Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of SPIRIT (Sharing Patients' Illness Representations to Increase Trust) in ESRD, was conducted from December 2017 to March 2023 and included 42 dialysis clinics in 5 US states (Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) randomized to provide intervention or usual care. Recruitment was from February 15, 2018, to Janu

SUBMITTER: Song MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10828909 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature