Research Into the Quality of the Dying Phase in Hospitals in the Province of Groningen
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Quality of life questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to get insight in the quality of life at the end of life and quality of dying for patients died at the hospital in the department Groningen (the Netherlands).
The primary endpoint is the quality of life at the end of life and the secondary endpoint is the quality of dying. Both according a numerical rating scale.
An explorative analysis will be done for differences for the hospitals in Groningen, effect of using the Liverpool care Pathway for the dying, effect of using consultation by the palliative consultation team, effect of using the Hospice@UMCG intervention, correlation with the quality of life at the end of life and quality of dying according to nurses and doctors.
详细描述
Three hospitals in the department Groningen (the Netherlands) will participate in this study. When a patient died in one of these hospitals (except the emergency department, child ward and intensive care unit) the bereaved relatives will get an information letter. After about 12 weeks a questionnaire will be sent to the bereaved relative. This questionnaire is developed to evaluate the end of life care at the hospital.
Shortly after the patient died at the hospital, also the nurse and doctor of this patient are requested to fill out a questionnaire.
The questionnaire for the bereaved relatives consists of items, divided in groups: a general part, followed by questions of the last days of life, existing symptoms (physical, psychological, existential and social), the care and treatment and the loss.
The questionnaire for the nurses exists of similar items. Special attention for recognizing the impending dying and problems, care and therapy at the end of life.
In all questionnaires there are also 2 main questions: What is your opinion of the quality of life during the last days of life and What is your opinion of the quality of dying.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Family Based
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •patients dying in the hospital
排除标准
- •patients dying at the child ward, emergency dept. and intensive care dept.
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of life questionnaire
时间窗: 2 years
次要结局
未报告次要终点