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End Of Life in the Critically Ill patiEnt

Completed
Conditions
Terminal Illness
Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
Registration Number
NCT03392857
Lead Sponsor
French Society for Intensive Care
Brief Summary

The purpose of this multicentric study is to evaluate the perception of the quality of the end of life in intensive care units seen from the side of the caregivers, trough the CAESAR scale.

Detailed Description

More than 20% of deaths occur in hospital after a stay in intensive care units; up to half of them happens as result of a treatment limitation. Ensuring end-of-life quality is important, not only because is a moral duty of all caregivers, but also to prevent negative effects in close relatives of dead patients.

In an assessment of quality of in-hospital deaths involving 3793 patients, only 35% of the deaths were judged to be of acceptable quality by the nurses.

Assessment tools have been developed recently on this topic. Most studies have focused on the perception of end-of-life quality by close relatives, particularly through the CAESAR scale in the most recent one.

The main purpose of this multicentric study is to evaluate the perception of the quality of the end-of-life in intensive care units seen from the side of the caregivers, in relation to the new French legislative framework.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
514
Inclusion Criteria
  • Caregivers of intensive care unit whose patient has recently deceased
Exclusion Criteria
  • Refusal of participation by caregivers
  • Refusal of participation by family of deceased patient
  • Patient in cardiac arrest at the time of ICU admission.
  • Age of deceased patient was under 18 years
  • Patient in brain death

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
15 items questionnaire CAESARDepending of end-of-life duration, usually 6 hours.

The CAESAR scale assesses perceptions of palliative stage of patient's pathology, of patient's comfort, of presence and care of close relatives, with a score for each item ranging from 1 (traumatic experience) to 5 (soothing). The purpose of our study is to assess the perception of end-of-life quality seen from the caregivers' side, using the CAESAR scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Analogic visual scale (0 to 10)Depending of end-of-life duration, usually 6 hours.

Analogic visual scale on end-of-life quality seen from the caregiver's side

Variables associated with the perception by caregivers of end-of-life qualitytime needed for the enrollment of caregivers of 5 to 15 consecutive deceased patients per center (depending on the size of the center): usually 1 month

Evaluate the variables associated with the perception by caregivers of end-of-life quality: proportion of treatment limitations, frequencies of conflicts between close relatives of dead patients and caregivers, frequencies end-of-life deep sedations, detailed description of current sedation practices, proportion of treatments, monitoring and blood tests maintained after treatment limitation during end-of-life .

Trial Locations

Locations (111)

Hôpital Saint-Esprit

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Agen, France

Centre Hospitalier Alès en Cévennes

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Alès, France

CHU Amiens

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Amiens, France

CHU d'Angers

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Angers, France

Hopital Privé d'Antony

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Antony, France

CH d'Argenteuil

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Argenteuil, France

Hopital Mercy

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Ars-Laquenexy, France

Centre Hospitalier René Dauffaut

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Avignon, France

CHU Besancon

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Besançon, France

Hopital Nord Franche Comté

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Belfort, France

CHU Pellegrin

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Bordeaux, France

Hopital Avicenne

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Bobigny, France

CH Germon et Gauthier

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Beuvry, France

Hopital St-Andre

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Bordeaux, France

Hopital Ambroise Pare

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Boulogne Billancourt, France

Centre Hospitalier fleyriat

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Bourg-en-Bresse, France

HIA Clermont Tonnerre

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Brest, France

CHRU de la Cavale Blanche

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Brest, France

CHU Caen

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Caen, France

Centre Hospitalier Jean Rougie

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Cahors, France

CH Charleville

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Charleville-Mézières, France

Hopital Antoine Beclere

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Clamart, France

HIA Percy

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Clamart, France

Hopital Louis Mourier

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Colombes, France

Centre Hospitalier Compiègne Noyon

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Compiègne, France

Groupe Hospitalier Sud Ile de France

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Corbeil-Essonnes, France

CH Sud Francilien

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Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Clinique des Cèdres

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Cornebarrieu, France

CHU Henri Mondor

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Creteil, France

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

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Dijon, France

Centre Hospitalier Victor Jousselin

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Dreux, France

Centre Hospitalier de Dieppe

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Dieppe, France

Centre Hospitalier de la Dracénie

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Draguignan, France

Hopital Simone Veil

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Eaubonne, France

Centre Hospitalier Avranche Granville

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Granville, France

Centre Hospitalier de Gueret

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Guéret, France

Centre Hospitalier Communal des Alpes du Sud

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Gap, France

Hopital Raymond Poincare

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Garches, France

CHU Grenoble Alpes

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Grenoble, France

Centre Hospitalier de Haguenau

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Haguenau, France

Centre Hospitalier des 2 Vallées

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Juvisy-sur-Orge, France

Grand Hopital de l'Est Francilien

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Jossigny, France

Centre Hospitalier La Rochelle

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La Rochelle, France

CHD Les Oudairies

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la Roche sur Yon, France

CH Le Mans

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Le Mans, France

CHU Réunion Saint Pierre

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La Réunion, France

CH de Versailles

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Le Chesnay, France

CHU Kremlin-Bicetre

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Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Centre hospitalier Saint Philibert

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Lomme, France

Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Sud

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Lorient, France

CH St-Joseph St-Luc

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Lyon, France

Hopital Francois Quesnay

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Mantes-la-Jolie, France

Groupe Hospitalier Edouard Herriot

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Lyon, France

Hopital Européen Marseille

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Marseille, France

HIA Desgenettes Lyon

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Lyon, France

Hopital de la Timone

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Marseille, France

CHU Marseille Hopital Nord

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Marseille, France

CH de Meaux

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Meaux, France

GHIRM

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Montfermeil, France

Hopital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

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Metz, France

Centre Hospitalier de Mont de Marsan

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Mont-de-Marsan, France

CHU Lapeyronie

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Montpellier, France

CHU Nancy

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Nancy, France

CHU Nantes

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Nantes, France

Hopital Laennec

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Nantes, France

American Hospital of Paris

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Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

CHU Nimes

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Nîmes, France

CHR d'Orléans Hopital la Source

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Orléans, France

Hopital St Louis

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Paris, France

GH Diaconnesses Croix Saint Simon

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Paris, France

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

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Paris, France

La Pitié Salpetriere

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Paris, France

Cochin

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Paris, France

CH Francois Miterrand

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Pau, France

HEGP

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Paris, France

CHU Necker Enfants Malades

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Paris, France

CHU Robert Debré

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Paris, France

Hopital Tenon

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Paris, France

CHU Poitiers

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Poitiers, France

CH de Pontoise

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Pontoise, France

CH Poissy

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Poissy, France

CH de la Région d'Annecy

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Pringy, France

CH Leon Binet

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Provins, France

Hopital Privé Claude Galien

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Quincy-sous-Sénart, France

CHRU Reims

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Reims, France

CHG Rochefort

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Rochefort, France

Centre Cardiologique du Nord

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Saint-Denis, France

Clinique de l'Union

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Saint-Jean, France

CH de St-Malo

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St-Malo, France

Hopital Delafontaine

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St-Denis, France

HIA Béjin

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St-Mande, France

CHU Strasbourg

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Strasbourg, France

CHU Toulouse Rangueil

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Toulouse, France

Hopital Saint Clair

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Sète, France

CHRU Bretonneau

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Tours, France

Centre Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique

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Vannes, France

Hopital Privé du Vert Galan

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Tremblay-en-France, France

Hopital Jean Bernard

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Valenciennes, France

Centre Hospitalier de Troyes

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Troyes, France

Institut Gustave Roussy

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Villejuif, France

Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes

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Valenciennes, France

Centre hospitalier André Mignot

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Versailles, France

Centre Hospitalier de Vichy

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Vichy, France

HIA Robert Pique

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Villenave-d'Ornon, France

Hopital Privé du Val d'Yerres

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Yerres, France

Centre Hospitalier Lucie et Raymond Aubrac

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Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France

Centre Hospitalier Sud Essonne

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Étampes, France

Centre Hospitalier de Dax

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Dax, France

Hopital Roger Salengro

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Lille, France

Hopital l'Archet

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Nice, France

CH de St-Brieuc

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St-Brieuc, France

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