2024
Shared Decision-Making Communication and Prognostic Misunderstanding in the ICU
Vick J, Berger B, Ubel P, Cox C, You H, E. J, Haverfield M, Hammill B, Carson S, Hough C, White D, Ashana D. Shared Decision-Making Communication and Prognostic Misunderstanding in the ICU. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2439715. PMID: 39405057, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShared decision-makingIntensive care unitFamily meetingsRetrospective cohort studyIntensive care unit family meetingsCohort studyIntensive care unit physiciansSurvival prognosisSurrogates' perceptionsAssociated with poor patientPhysicians' misunderstandingPhysicians' perceptionsWhite physiciansDecision-making communicationPhysician estimatesMain OutcomesBlack physiciansAbsolute differenceSurgical intensive care unitAsian physiciansPoor patientsSecondary outcomesPhysiciansPrimary outcomeProlonged mechanical ventilationTalking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit
Kious B, Vick J, Ubel P, Sutton O, Blumenthal-Barby J, Cox C, Ashana D. Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit. AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-8. PMID: 39250770, DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2024.2399534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary qualitative content analysisIntensive care unitInductive approach to data analysisEnd of lifeSuffering of personsAdult intensive care unitQualitative content analysisCare unitFamily meetingsReviewed transcriptsEmotional distressPatient's familyCritically ill patientsApproach to data analysisLimited treatmentCoding guideStudy authorsResearch teamContent analysisMulticenter trialPoor prognosisCliniciansLow qualityIll patientsSufferingThe last word: An analysis of power dynamics in clinical notes documenting against-medical-advice discharges
Kelly M, Vick J, McArthur A, Beach M. The last word: An analysis of power dynamics in clinical notes documenting against-medical-advice discharges. Social Science & Medicine 2024, 357: 117162. PMID: 39142953, PMCID: PMC11521238, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAgainst Medical AdvicePatient-clinician relationshipHealthcare systemContemporary healthcare systemsQualitative thematic analysisUrban US medical centerPatients' medical recordsClinician notesAgainst-medical-advice dischargeThematic analysisAvoidable morbidityUS medical centersPatient departureClinician recognitionMedical adviceClinical notesRecognition of powerMedical CenterMedical recordsClinical relationshipInterpretation of powerCliniciansSocial interactionPower differentialsMax Weber"Against Medical Advice" Discharges After Respiratory-Related Hospitalizations Strategies for Respectful Care
Brems J, Vick J, Ashana D, Beach M. "Against Medical Advice" Discharges After Respiratory-Related Hospitalizations Strategies for Respectful Care. CHEST Journal 2024, 166: 1155-1161. PMID: 38906461, PMCID: PMC11562651, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAgainst Medical AdviceDischarge careRespiratory-related hospitalizationsHigher-quality careLow-quality careStigmatization of patientsRespectful carePatient-centeredImprove carePrescribed inhalersDiscussion of risksEducating traineesMedical adviceCareClinicians treating patientsPopulation of patientsRespiratory conditionsCliniciansAssociated with poor outcomesCOPD exacerbationsFormal educationRespiratory diseaseHospitalCOPDPoor outcomeRacial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Critical Care Near the End of Life A Narrative Review
Hauschildt K, Vick J, Ashana D. Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Critical Care Near the End of Life A Narrative Review. Critical Care Clinics 2024, 40: 753-766. PMID: 39218484, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2024.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining treatmentLow socioeconomic statusClinician factorsSocioeconomic differencesSocioeconomic statusCritical careWorse qualityPatient factorsCareQuality communicationNarrative reviewIntensive careCliniciansContributory factorsPatientsDisparitiesInterventionQualityFactorsStatusDifferences“I’ve been doing this for years”: the COVID-19 pandemic and family caregiver isolation and loneliness
Sullivan C, Vick J, Decosimo K, Grubber J, Coffman C, Bruening R, Sperber N, Tucker M, Dadolf J, Boucher N, Wang V, Allen K, Hastings S, Van Houtven C, Shepherd-Banigan M. “I’ve been doing this for years”: the COVID-19 pandemic and family caregiver isolation and loneliness. Frontiers In Aging 2024, 5: 1376103. PMID: 38881826, PMCID: PMC11176456, DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2024.1376103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFamily caregiversSurvey of family caregiversFamily caregivers of veteransActivities of daily livingCaregiver support interventionsCaregivers of veteransAssociated with caregiversSocial isolationSecondary analysis of survey dataCOVID-19 pandemicQualitative content analysisOpen-ended survey questionsSkills training programCaregiver lonelinessLogistic regression modelsOpen-ended responsesCaregiver isolationCaregiver groupsCare recipientsCaregiving experienceSupport interventionsImplementation trialDaily livingExperience of lonelinessOlder adultsFamily Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
Vick J, Golden B, Cantrell S, Harris-Gersten M, Selmanoff M, Hastings S, Oyesanya T, Goldstein K, Van Houtven C. Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. JMIR Research Protocols 2024, 13: e53255. PMID: 38457771, PMCID: PMC11127142, DOI: 10.2196/53255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare of hospitalized older adultsQualitative evidence synthesisINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERFull-text screeningOlder adultsFamily involvementEvidence synthesisSystematic review of qualitative studiesQualitative studyReview of qualitative studiesHospitalized older adultsHealth services researchCINAHL CompleteIntervention developmentQuality appraisalScreened titlesIdentified themesServices researchAbstract screeningHealth economistsMultidisciplinary teamData extractionCarePurposive samplingSystematic review
2023
651: SHARED DECISION-MAKING AND SURROGATE PROGNOSTIC UNDERSTANDING AFTER FAMILY MEETINGS IN THE ICU
Berger B, Vick J, You H, Ma J, Haverfield M, Cox C, Ubel P, Ashana D. 651: SHARED DECISION-MAKING AND SURROGATE PROGNOSTIC UNDERSTANDING AFTER FAMILY MEETINGS IN THE ICU. Critical Care Medicine 2023, 52: s298-s298. DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0001000776.18251.68.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
It All Depends: A Case of a Position-Dependent Intracardiac Shunt
Vick J, Goetsch M, Hochberg C, Azadi J, Hasan R, West N, Garneau W. It All Depends: A Case of a Position-Dependent Intracardiac Shunt. The American Journal Of Medicine 2022, 135: 1443-1446. PMID: 35882284, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.07.008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
A scoping review of person and family engagement in the context of multiple chronic conditions
Vick J, Wolff J. A scoping review of person and family engagement in the context of multiple chronic conditions. Health Services Research 2021, 56: 990-1005. PMID: 34363217, PMCID: PMC8515220, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple chronic conditionsConceptual model of engagementFamily engagementModel of engagementElements of self-managementChanges to care deliveryReview of reviewsBarriers to engagementInvolvement of familiesArticles meeting criteriaIndividual-level strategiesCare deliveryEngagement interventionsChronic conditionsSelf-managementFull-text considerationVulnerable populationsMeeting criteriaReview typesAreas of emphasisReview definitionsPersonsEngagementFamilyDecision makingA scoping review of palliative care outcome measures in interstitial lung disease
Gersten R, Moale A, Seth B, Vick J, Brown H, Eakin M, Mathai S, Danoff S. A scoping review of palliative care outcome measures in interstitial lung disease. European Respiratory Review 2021, 30: 210080. PMID: 34348982, PMCID: PMC9488671, DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0080-2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningPalliative care outcome measuresRandomised controlled trialsCross-sectional studySocial healthPhysical healthMental healthOutcome measuresQuality of lifePalliative careImpact of palliative careSecondary analysisHealth-related quality of lifeAnalysis of cross-sectional studiesAssess mental healthAssessed physical healthHealth-related qualityUniform outcome measuresNon-duplicate articlesCare planningSymptom burdenGeneral HRQoLHRQoLEligibility criteriaControlled trials
2018
Does Caregiving Strain Increase as Patients With and Without Dementia Approach the End of Life?
Vick J, Ornstein K, Szanton S, Dy S, Wolff J. Does Caregiving Strain Increase as Patients With and Without Dementia Approach the End of Life? Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2018, 57: 199-208.e2. PMID: 30453054, PMCID: PMC6348024, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd of lifeDementia caregiversOlder adultsNondementia caregiversCaregivers of older adultsCommunity-living older adultsEnd-of-life statusHigher caregiver strainOlder adult deathsPrevalence of dementiaProportion of caregiversCare of personsMedicare enrollment filesEnd-of-lifeNationally representative sampleMultivariate logistic regressionFamily caregiversCaregiving strainCaregiver strainCaregiver factorsProviding careSelf-careEnrollment filesPrimary caregiversCaregiversPatient–Family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: the SAME Page Trial
Wolff J, Roter D, Boyd C, Roth D, Echavarria D, Aufill J, Vick J, Gitlin L. Patient–Family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: the SAME Page Trial. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 1478-1486. PMID: 30022409, PMCID: PMC6108993, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4563-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care visitsVisit communicationCare visitsFamily companionsCognitive impairmentAttend primary care visitsGeneral clinicsPrimary care patientsVisit durationCare of patientsIntervention dyadsIntervention participantsBiomedical talkPatient-centeredGeriatric clinicPsychosocial talkCare patientsIntervention effectsPersonality/behavioral changesPatient's familyClinicians' questionsAudio-recordedHealth issuesInterventionGeriatric
2017
INVOLVING FAMILY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN PRIMARY CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Wolff J, Amjad H, Boyd C, Echavarria D, Gitlin L, Roter D, Smith K, Vick J. INVOLVING FAMILY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION IN PRIMARY CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. Innovation In Aging 2017, 1: 1368-1368. PMCID: PMC6184352, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.5033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOlder adultsCare providersCommunication interventionsOlder primary care patientsToday's health care environmentCognitive impairmentPrimary care patientsPrimary care providersHealth care providersHealth care environmentPatient health issuesVisit communicationPatient-centerednessPrimary careCare environmentFamily companionsCare patientsInvolving familiesMedical visitsEvidence-basedCompanion rolesHealth issuesQualitative findingsInterventionProviders“Let him speak:” a descriptive qualitative study of the roles and behaviors of family companions in primary care visits among older adults with cognitive impairment
Vick J, Amjad H, Smith K, Boyd C, Gitlin L, Roth D, Roter D, Wolff J. “Let him speak:” a descriptive qualitative study of the roles and behaviors of family companions in primary care visits among older adults with cognitive impairment. International Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2017, 33: e103-e112. PMID: 28585721, PMCID: PMC5862540, DOI: 10.1002/gps.4732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care visitsOlder adultsFamily companionsCare visitsCognitive impairmentFocus groupsAttend primary care visitsEnglish-speaking adults agePrimary care patientsPrimary care cliniciansInterviews of older adultsCommunication challengesSevere cognitive impairmentAccurate source of informationVisit communicationCompanion involvementPrimary careCare cliniciansVisit agendaCare patientsClinician confusionInhibit effective communicationQualitative studyImprove communicationQualitative interviews
2016
Examining the context and helpfulness of family companion contributions to older adults’ primary care visits
Wolff J, Guan Y, Boyd C, Vick J, Amjad H, Roth D, Gitlin L, Roter D. Examining the context and helpfulness of family companion contributions to older adults’ primary care visits. Patient Education And Counseling 2016, 100: 487-494. PMID: 27817986, PMCID: PMC5350029, DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care visitsMedical decision-makingCare visitsFamily companionsVisits of patientsOlder adultsAdult primary care visitsActive involvement of familiesPrimary care communicationPatient information exchangeInvolvement of familiesPatient-centerednessCare communicationPatient surveySelf-managementCompanion participationDoctors' understandingDecision-makingImproving doctors' understandingPatient preferencesMedical communicationHealthVisitsOlder patientsActive involvementThe Utility of the Surprise Question in Identifying Patients Most at Risk of Death (TH360D)
Vick J, Pertsch N, Hutchings M, Neville B, Bernacki R. The Utility of the Surprise Question in Identifying Patients Most at Risk of Death (TH360D). Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2016, 51: 342. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.12.177.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The utility of the surprise question in identifying patients most at risk of death.
Vick J, Pertsch N, Hutchings M, Neville B, Lipsitz S, Gawande A, Block S, Bernacki R. The utility of the surprise question in identifying patients most at risk of death. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 8-8. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.33.29_suppl.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurprise QuestionRisk of deathOncology cliniciansSerious Illness Care ProgramEnd-of-life goalsEnd-of-lifeDana-Farber Cancer InstituteRandomized controlled trialsHigher risk of deathCare programPropensity score approachStructural interventionsPrediction of patient deathC-statisticCancer InstitutePredictive of deathComplete dataPatient deathDana-FarberCancer stageCliniciansIllness phasePredictive valueHigh riskProportion of survivalDevelopment of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention
Bernacki R, Hutchings M, Vick J, Smith G, Paladino J, Lipsitz S, Gawande A, Block S. Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention. BMJ Open 2015, 5: e009032. PMID: 26443662, PMCID: PMC4606432, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious Illness Care ProgramRandomised controlled trialsCommunication interventionsCare programReceipt of goal-concordant careAdvance care planning discussionsCluster randomised controlled trialCare planning discussionsGoal-concordant careControlled trialsHigh-quality careEnd of lifePatients receive careMedical recordsElectronic medical recordsQuality of lifePeer-reviewed publicationsSelf-reported dataPatients' medical recordsUsual careClinician satisfactionPatient receiptQuality of communicationPlanning discussionsInstitute Institutional Review Board
2014
The Student Curriculum Review Team: How we catalyze curricular changes through a student-centered approach
Hsih K, Iscoe M, Lupton J, Mains T, Nayar S, Orlando M, Parzuchowski A, Sabbagh M, Schulz J, Shenderov K, Simkin D, Vakili S, Vick J, Xu T, Yin O, Goldberg H. The Student Curriculum Review Team: How we catalyze curricular changes through a student-centered approach. Medical Teacher 2014, 37: 1008-1012. PMID: 25532595, DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2014.990877.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStudent-centered approachCourse evaluation dataPre-clinical coursesAssess potential solutionsJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineStudent-centeredCurriculum evaluationStudent-ledCurricular changesStudent feedbackImprove medical educationStudentsCourse directorsMedical schoolsMedical educationAcademic institutionsSchool of MedicineCollaborative modelReview teamFacultyEvaluation dataUniversity School of MedicineTown hall meetingsCourseInstitutions