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The Periviable GOALS Decision Support Tool
Sponsor: Indiana University
Summary
The Periviable GOALS (Getting Optimal Alignment around Life Support) decision support tool (DST) is meant to facilitate informed shared decision-making regarding neonatal resuscitation for families facing the threat of a periviable delivery (deliveries occurring between 22 0/7 - 25 6/7 weeks gestational age). It is designed for parents to review independent of their clinician, and is intended to supplement, not replace, clinician counseling. The focus of the DST is the provision of patient-centered outcomes information and assistance with values clarification regarding neonatal outcomes. This is a multisite, randomized controlled trial to test the effect of the Periviable GOALS DST on shared decision making and decision satisfaction. The investigators hypothesize that participants who utilize the GOALS DST will have improved shared decision making and higher decision satisfaction.
Official title: Promoting Shared Decision Making in Periviable Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Periviable GOALS Decision Support Tool
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
216
Start Date
2022-06-06
Completion Date
2027-02
Last Updated
2025-10-10
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Periviable GOALS DST
An iPad application that contains outcomes information, values clarification and embedded short documentary style videos. The tool was designed with low-literacy and low-numeracy populations in mind, and utilizes graphics and video content to enhance meaning-making of complex medical information and jargon. The GOALS DST refers patients back to their physicians to discuss specific treatment options, local outcomes, and management strategies available to them. The DST's content focuses largely on helping patients better understand the choice they have between comfort care and life-sustaining efforts in the context of periviable delivery.
Locations (10)
The University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
University of Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States