Validation of the questionnaire Care of the Dying Evaluation (CODE) for bereaved relatives for the German-speaking area
- Conditions
- ext of kin of deceased patients
- Registration Number
- DRKS00013916
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsmedizin Mainz III Med. Klinik Interdisziplinäre Abteilung für Palliativmedizin
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 320
Inclusion Criteria
Next of Kin were included if
- they were at least 18 years of Age
- had sufficient German language skills
- were in contact with the patient at hospital during the last two days of life
Exclusion Criteria
Next of Kin were excluded if
- they were younger than 18 years of Age
- had insufficient German language skills
- missing contact to patient at hospital during the last two days of life
- insufficient cognitive status or high emotional burden
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A minimum number of 200 participants are required. Furthermore a minimum amount of 30 second next of kin will be invited to participate, so interrater reliability can be analysed. And 30 repeated measurements are required to survey the validity of the questionnaire. <br><br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method After inspection of content validity through a structured translation process following EORTC–Criteria, the questionnaire is considered valid if the following psychometric indices show satisfactory values: Internal consistency, construct validity, test retest reliability and interrater reliability. <br>