Mitigating Racial Disparities in Shared Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit

Conditions

• Health Care Disparities

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Shared decision making tip sheet — BEHAVIORAL
  Physicians will view tip sheets containing best practices for shared decision making with diverse families.

Study Details

This is a non randomized pilot trial aimed to: Test the feasibility of an intervention to support intensive care unit clinicians in conducting shared decision making conversations with families of patients with acute respiratory failure. The goal of this intervention is to mitigate racial disparities in shared decision making.

Key Dates

Start date

Jan 4, 2027

Status verified

Jun 2026

Primary completion

May 31, 2027

Completion

Jun 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

106 participants (estimated)

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

• No Intervention: Family Members of patients in the ICU
  Family members will join routine meetings with the physicians treating with their critically ill loved ones.
• Other: ICU Physicians
  Physicians will view a tip sheet containing information about best practices of shared decision making with diverse individuals. Physicians will then conduct routine meetings with families of patients with acute respiratory failure.

Primary Outcome Measure

Intervention acceptability as measured by single Likert-scaled item completed by physicians [ Time Frame: within 96 hours of signing study consent ]

Central Contacts

• Brittany J McDowell, BSCR
  919-613-7321
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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