Proactive Palliative Care of Older Patients in the last Phase of Life
- Conditions
- ife-limiting chronic progressive malignant and non-malignant diseasesno limitation on certain lchronic diseases/conditions
- Registration Number
- DRKS00014753
- Lead Sponsor
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 33
(1) Remained relatives of patients deceased in the observation period of the involved general practices:
Age > 18, close associate and in direct contact with deceased patient in the last phase of life, (independent of sex)
(2) Deceased patients of targeted general practices:
Age: > 70 (independent of sex)
Diagnosed life-limiting, chronic oncological and non-oncological disease(s) and at least two indicators of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tools (SPICT) applied [https://www.spict.org.uk/]; deceased within the 6 month observation period pre or post intervention respectively.
(3) Health Professionals
a. Key representatives/stakeholder in the regional for older patients:
Owing their position/being employed at for least 1year in the institution (e.g., community nursing agency, nursing home, hospice) (independent of sex)
b. General Practitioners:
Registered in the region and at least one year of professional experiences in the respective general practice (independent of sex)
c. Practice assistants:
Employed in the general practice at for least 1 year (independent of sex)
(1) Bereaved relatives of deceased older patients of the targeted general practices:
Sudden death of the deceased patient, not related to a life-limiting chronic disease (e.g. traffic accident, heart attack without diagnosis of coronary heart disease), complicated grief and/or mental illness
(2) Deceased older patents of the general practices:
Sudden death, not related to a life-limiting chronic disease (e.g. traffic accident, heart attack without diagnosis of coronary heart disease)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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