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A Communication Tool to Assist Frail Older Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease
Funding Agency
National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC)
Principal Investigator
Lab
The Patient Preferences Project: Better Communication for Surgical Decision Making
Division
Project Summary
We are studying a communication tool designed to help older patients make decisions about dialysis and receive earlier access to palliative care. The goals of the research are to demonstrate that nephrologists can learn to use the communication tool, to assess the feasibility of study procedures for later use in a large-scale efficacy study, and to evaluate measured effects in order to estimate sample size and ensure future study outcomes are clinically meaningful.
Project Status
Recruitment complete, analysis underway
A Communication Tool to Assist Severely Injured Older Adults
Funding Agency
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Principal Investigator
Lab
The Patient Preferences Project: Better Communication for Surgical Decision Making
Division
Project Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of teaching trauma care providers to use the best case/worst case tool on the quality of communication. The goals of the research are to facilitate early access to palliative care for elderly trauma patients, which can reduce unwanted invasive procedures, address symptoms and clarify long-term goals.
Project Status
Currently recruiting by invitation
Navigating High Risk Surgery: Empowering Older Adults to Ask Questions that Inform Decisions about Surgical Treatment
Funding Agency
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Principal Investigator
Lab
The Patient Preferences Project: Better Communication for Surgical Decision Making
Division
Project Summary
The project aims to compare a question prompt list (QPL) intervention to usual care in five U.S. cities: Madison, WI; Boston, MA; Newark, NJ; San Francisco, CA; and Portland, OR. The goal of this study is to close the gap between what surgeons know and what patients understand by empowering patients and family members to ask questions about how high risk surgery can affect people like them.
Project Status
Recruitment complete, analysis underway
Participant website
surgery.wisc.edu/navigating