Trial reportPalliative medicine2023
Effects of advance care planning in care dependent community-dwelling older persons (STADPLAN): A cluster-randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Palliative medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Effects of advance care planning on hope, anxiety, attitudes, and behavioral intentions in older adults with cancer: A randomized controlled study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Feasibility and acceptability of the Trans-theoretical Model-based advance care planning for community-dwelling older adults with chronic diseases in China: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Measuring patients' medical treatment preferences in advance care planning: development and validation of the Treat-Me-ACP instrument - a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized controlled trial.BMC palliative care · 2024Trial
- Complex advance care planning intervention in general practice (ACP-GP): a cluster-randomised controlled trial.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2024Trial
- Let's talk about death, dying, and what matters most to you in life: Pretest and piloting of a translated and adapted conversation game.PEC innovation · 2025Article
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11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundMost randomised controlled trials on advance care planning were conducted in people with advanced, life-limiting illnesses or in institutional settings. There are few studies on its effect in older people living in the community.
aimTo determine the effects of advance care planning in older community dwelling people.
designThe STADPLAN study was a cluster-randomised trial with 12 months follow-up. The complex intervention comprised a 2-days training for nurse facilitators that delivered a formal advance care planning counselling and a written information brochure. Patients in the control group received optimised usual care, that is, provision of a short information brochure. SETTING/
participantsHome care services in three regions of Germany were randomised using concealed allocation. Care dependent clients of participating home care services, aged 60 years or older, and rated to have a life-expectancy of at least 4 weeks were included. Primary outcome was active participation in care at 12 months, assessed by blinded investigators using the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13).
resultsTwenty-seven home care services and 380 patients took part. Three hundred seventy-three patients were included in the primary analysis (
conclusionsThe intervention showed no relevant effects on patient activation or quality of life in community dwelling older persons, possibly indicating the need for more tailored interventions. However, results are limited by a lack of statistical power.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register: DRKS00016886.
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