Spiritual Care at the end of lifeDevelopment and testing of an implementation strategy as part of a pilot project
- Conditions
- Persons in nursing homes in their last year of life
- Registration Number
- DRKS00024697
- Lead Sponsor
- KEM | Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1309
Inclusion Criteria Patient:
- Presumed life expectancy < 1 year, but > 1 month.
- Physical and mental vitality in order to answer the questionnaires (if necessary with assistance)
- signed informed consent form (if necessary by legal representative).
Inclusion criteria Relatives:
- Relative (>= 18 years) of a (patient/resident participating in the study).
- Physical and mental vitality to be able to answer the questionnaires
Inclusion criteria Curriculum Participants:
- Employees (full-time and voluntary) in nursing homes, palliative care units and inpatient hospices.
- Active patient/resident involvement
- signed informed consent form
Patient exclusion criteria:
- Obvious severe dementia that makes it impossible to answer the questions
- Lack of German language skills to answer the questionnaires
Exclusion criteria relatives:
- Severe dementia that makes it impossible to answer the questions
- Lack of German language skills to answer the questionnaires
Exclusion criteria Curriculum Participants:
- Lack of German language skills to answer the questionnaires.
- Currently not employed
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of study: Expected 08/2021- 02/2023<br>The aim of the study is to improve the spiritual / existential well-being and support of the spiritual needs of elderly and seriously ill people in the last phase of life, as well as the support of their relatives/ family members.<br>The survey will use standardized survey instruments pre- and post-intervention (three cohorts at 0, 3 und 6 months after training).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Course participants and their competence development: <br>Impact of competencies acquired through training on the spiritual health of patients/residents (and their relatives) and its influence on self-care abilities of the trained persons.<br>The survey will use standardized survey instruments at three time points pre and post-interventionally (0, 3, and 6 months after completion of curricular training).