Clinical trial · Interventional
Effect of a Decision Aid on Decision Making for Family Member's Disclosure of Terminal Illness
Effect of a Decision Aid on Decision Making for Family Member's Disclosure of Terminal Illness to Patient With Terminal Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study is a randomized controlled trial that will compare two arms: an experimental intervention group that receives a decision aid consisting of an educational video and targeted manual providing a protocol for the family members' disclosing terminal illness to the patients and aimed at improving communication, satisfaction with decision making process, and quality of life between patients and their family versus an attention control group that receives a video and non-tailored manual on pain control.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Illness | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providing non-tailored message on pain control | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Providing tailored message on disclosing terminal illness | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- A
- description
- Providing Videotape-based material \& tailored workbook to make informed choice of disclosing terminal illness to patients
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Providing tailored message on disclosing terminal illness
- type
- OTHER
- label
- B
- description
- Attention control arm: Providing videotape-based material \& non-tailored workbook about pain control
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Providing non-tailored message on pain control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Decisional conflict & satisfaction: Decisional Conflict Scale
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Patient: * age≥ 18years * cancer patient * terminally ill * mentally competent Family members: * age≥ 18years * having terminally ill cancer patients * Spouse, daughter or son, parent, brother or sister * having ability to understand the content of educational material Exclusion Criteria: * serious comorbidity(stroke, heart attack, acute or chronic respiratory, acute or chronic renal disease, or cancer) * inability to speak, hear or read Korean * mentally incompetence (schizophrenia, bipolar, psychiatric or addictive disorder, or severe emotional distress) * Pregnancy
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