Status:
COMPLETED
The Effectiveness of the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
Lead Sponsor:
End-of-Life Research Group
Collaborating Sponsors:
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie
KU Leuven
Conditions:
Older Patients Dying in Acute Geriatric Hospital Wards
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
BACKGROUND Demographic trends coupled with a rise in chronic diseases mean that the population of patients requiring palliative and end-of-life care is ageing. Due to the ageing population palliative ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The inclusion criteria of the hospitals in the trial are:
- the cluster or hospital has one or more acute geriatric wards
- the medical and nursing head of one or more acute geriatric wards per hospital give consent for participation in the study
- The inclusion criteria of patients are:
- those dying in the acute geriatric ward between October 2012 and March 2015
- those that having been hospitalized for more than 48 hours
- those having given informed consent at admission for the use of their personal information from medical or nursing records for the purposes of the study.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01890239
Start Date
September 1 2012
End Date
May 1 2015
Last Update
February 8 2019
Active Locations (9)
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1
St Jan Brugge
Bruges, Belgium
2
St Lucas Brugge
Bruges, Belgium
3
AZ Sint Blasius
Dendermonde, Belgium
4
Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt
Hasselt, Belgium