An interventional study of tabletop game and ACP Exercise Book in Heart Failure, Older Adults (65 Years and Older) and Family Caregivers, sponsored by Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-20.
Sponsored by Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
Current advance care planning (ACP) tabletop games mostly focus on exploring "personal values." While a few explore care preferences through "hypothetical scenarios," they are not disease-oriented, which can create discrepancies between the scenarios or medical treatments and the patient's actual condition and may fail to capture the patient's true preferences. A systematic review found that disease-oriented ACP interventions effectively capture patients' and their families' preferences for medical treatments because they closely reflect the patient's actual disease progression. However, no disease-oriented scenario games are currently available. Therefore, this study, using heart failure as an example, aims to develop and evaluate the impact of disease-oriented scenario games on older adults and family caregivers in ACP.
5,801 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,222 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 164 is above the median of 72 across 3,790 interventional studies indexed under Heart Failure.
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Exclusion Criteria:
participate tabletop game
Behavioral: tabletop game
receive ACP Exercise Book
Behavioral: ACP Exercise Book
Using tabletop games to promote consistency in medical treatment preferences between older adults with heart failure and their family caregivers.
Using ACP Exercise Book
The Questionnaire on Life Support Preferences for Heart Failure Patients (QLSP-HF)
The questionnaire has 30 items and covers three scenarios and ten medical treatments. The scenarios include current health status, end-stage heart failure, and end-stage heart failure with loss of consciousness. The ten medical treatments assessed are antibiotics, inotropes, nasogastric tube feeding, intravenous fluids, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ventilator support, dialysis, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and heart transplantation. We use a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (absolutely do not want) to 5 (absolutely want), yielding total scores from 30 to 150. Higher scores reflect a stronger preference for life-sustaining treatment.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention immediately, Post-intervention one month
advance care planning (ACP) attitudes
The attitude section includes 12 questions about participants' feelings toward implementing ACP. A 5-point Likert scale is used, with scores ranging from "strongly disagree (1 point)" to "strongly agree (5 points)". The higher the total attitude score, the more positive the attitude towards ACP.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention immediately, Post-intervention one month
advance care planning (ACP) behavioral intention
The behavioral intention section consists of 6 questions that concern the likelihood of implementing ACP in the future. These questions cover discussing future medical decisions with family, friends, or healthcare professionals; participating in ACP consultations; and signing advance directives (ADs). The scoring system ranges from "very unlikely (1 point)" to "very likely (5 points)". The higher the total score for behavioral intention, the more positive the behavioral intention for ACP.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention immediately, Post-intervention one month
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory- State Anxiety Scale (STAI-S)
STAI-S is used to measure an individual's current anxiety level. It uses a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from "almost none (1 point)" to "almost all (4 points)", with a score range of 20 to 80 points; the higher the score, the higher the level of anxiety.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention immediately, Post-intervention one month
Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Dec 2027, 14 months later.
Of 1,018 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Heart Failure, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 50. This study's planned 14 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,220 studies reached it within 31 months; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 53.
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From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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