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End-of-life care at the University Hospital of Cologne - Situation-Analysis

Conditions
Terminal phase in acute careStress facors, stress symptoms, protective factors , self-efficacy
Registration Number
DRKS00010734
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Köln
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
276
Inclusion Criteria

Level 1 – Chart review:
Patients
- discharged because of death
- who died before April 1st 2016 on an acute care ward

Level 2 – expert interviews:
Employees who
- are a head nurse or
- senior physicians
or
- service staff who come in contact with dying patients during their work and have written consent.

Level 3 – Questionnaire
Physicians, nurses and service staff who
- work on acute care wards
- are directly and/or indirectly involved in the care of the dying patients and their relatives.

Exclusion Criteria

Level 1 – chart review:
Patients who
- died on other wards
- were discharged because of other reasons

Level 2 – expert interviews:
Employees
- who cannot be exempted from patient care for the duration of the interview
- who refuse the participation

Level 3 – questionnaire:
Physicians, nurses and service staff who
- who cannot be exempted from patient care for the duration of the survey
- who decline participation

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
t0: stress factors and protective factors (Fragebogen Wie viel Tod verträgt ein Team? Pfister 2012, Aachener Dissertationen zur Palliativmedizin ; 5)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
t0: stress symptoms (Questionnaire Wie viel Tod verträgt ein Team? Pfister 2012, Aachener Dissertationen zur Palliativmedizin ; 5), self-efficacy (Bonner Palliativ Wissenstest, Müller, Pfister & Markett 2009 in Der Schmerz)
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