Combined pre- and intrahospital screening to detect unmet palliative care needs in emergency patients

Recruiting

• Conditions: Z51.5; Palliative care

• Registration Number: DRKS00015808
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Essen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-17
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

assignment by emergency medical service to the emergency department for internal medicine at the Universitätsklinikum Essen
progressive, life-limiting illness or progressive malignancy in patient history
answer to the surprise-question is NO --> patient is expected to die within the following 12 months
written consent

Exclusion Criteria

age < 18 years
acute or traumatic emergency situation without connection to a pre-existing life-limiting illness

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Palliative Care needs/<br>Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity as well as precision and negative predictive value in comarison to the palliative care consult as a gold-standard

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary outcome are data describing demographic characteristics of the population taking part in our study. At the moment there is no such data published in german literature. The last descripive data about patients with palliative care needs in emergency settings is dated 2007 and derives only from preclinical care.