Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying at Residential Care Homes
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 260
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- quality of care
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •nursing homes in Skellefteå municipality, Sweden
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Liverpool care pathway
Liverpool care pathway for dying at nursing homes
干预措施: Liverpool care pathway (Other)
control
Usual care is performed for the control group
结局指标
主要结局
quality of care
时间窗: 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
次要结局
- place of death(the time of death)
- drug consumption(the last three days before death)
研究者
Margareta Brännström
RNT/PHD
Umeå University