Evaluation of case management in palliative care: towards the development of best practice.
Completed
- Conditions
- end-of-life carepalliative care10027656
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON39709
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 14
Inclusion Criteria
Informal carers of deceased oncology patients, their GP, district nurse and case manager
Informal carers of deceased oncology patients who have received case management (contrast group: informal carers of patients who have received palliative care from their GP)
Able to understand their participation and able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who's death was unexpected and/of sudden
Patients who received curative care at time of death
Informal carers unable to communicate in the Dutch language
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Succesful and less succesful aspects of case management in individual patient<br /><br>care. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To gain insight in mechanisms of case management. </p><br>