Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying at Residential Care Homes
- Conditions
- End-of-life Care
- Interventions
- Other: Liverpool care pathway
- Registration Number
- NCT01428206
- Lead Sponsor
- Umeå University
- Brief Summary
Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) was developed to transfer the care practice from the hospice setting to the hospital setting in UK. LCP is a pathway with standardized registration method to monitor the care and its results. The primary aim is to study the effects of LCP on dying patients symptom burden and communication with close relatives and health care professionals.
- Detailed Description
All residential care homes in Skellefteå municipality are included in the study and randomized either to control or intervention group. During the baseline period the care is provided as usual. During the intervention period the LCP is used for patients for whom the dying phase is diagnosed in the intervention group. Usual care is performed for the control group. After death of a patient a close relative fill in a questionnaire.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 260
- nursing homes in Skellefteå municipality, Sweden
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Liverpool care pathway Liverpool care pathway Liverpool care pathway for dying at nursing homes
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method quality of care one month to six months after the relatives death changes between the groups about values of symptom scores on the Edmonton assessment scale (ESAS) and the views of informal carers-evaluation of services (VOICES)assessed by close relative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method place of death the time of death changes between the groups
drug consumption the last three days before death
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Skellefteå municipality
🇸🇪Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden