Self-perceived symptoms and care needs of patients with severe to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure or renal failure and its consequences for their closest relatives.
Completed
- Conditions
- chronic organ failure100192801003843010006436
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33630
- Lead Sponsor
- Stichting Proteion Thuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1000
Inclusion Criteria
patients with moderate to very severe COPD (GOLDII/III/IV)
patients with very severe chronic heart failure (NYHA III/IV)
patients with very severe renal failure (requiring dialysis)
Exclusion Criteria
The patients is not clinically stable for at least 4 weeks preceding enrolment
Pharmacological therapy is not optimal (according to the current available guidelines) and stable for at least 2 months preceding enrolment.
Patients in a nursing home.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- self-perceived symptoms and care needs<br /><br>- daily physical functioning<br /><br>- general health status<br /><br>- care-giver burden of family caregivers<br /><br>- end-of-life care treatment preferences<br /><br>- quality of end-of-life care communication; </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- disease-specific health status;<br /><br>- current disease management;<br /><br>- barriers and facilitators in end-of-life care communication with the patient. </p><br>