Implementing the theory-based advance care planning ACP+ programme for nursing homes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

Joni GilissenLara PivodicAnnelien Wendrich-van DaelChris GastmansRobert Vander SticheleYvonne EngelsMyrra Vernooij-DassenLuc DeliensLieve Van den Block

Published in: BMC palliative care (2020)

The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (no. NCT03521206). Registration date: May 10, 2018. Inclusion of nursing homes started March, 2018. Hence, the trial was retrospectively registered but before end of data collection and analyses.

Keyphrases

study protocol
advance care planning
randomized controlled trial
clinical trial
big data
phase iii
quality improvement
deep learning