Randomized controlled trial of a video decision support tool for cardiopulmonary resuscitation decision making in advanced cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Decision making regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is challenging. This study examined the effect of a video decision support tool on CPR preferences among patients with advanced cancer.

Patients and methods

We performed a randomized controlled trial of 150 patients with advanced cancer from four oncology centers. Participants in the control arm (n = 80) listened to a verbal narrative describing CPR and the likelihood of successful resuscitation. Participants in the intervention arm (n = 70) listened to the identical narrative and viewed a 3-minute video depicting a patient on a ventilator and CPR being performed on a simulated patient. The primary outcome was participants' preference for or against CPR measured immediately after exposure to either modalit

SUBMITTER: Volandes AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4090424 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature