Status:
SUSPENDED
A Nurse-led Patient-centred Intervention to Increase Written Advance Directives
Lead Sponsor:
Katia Iglesias
Collaborating Sponsors:
School of Health Sciences Geneva
University Hospital, Geneva
Conditions:
Advance Care Planning
Outpatients
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background and rationale: Since 2013, with the new Swiss Adult Protection Law, Anticipated Directives (ADs) have been used to identify patients' wills in case they cannot express them later. This inst...
Detailed Description
Background and rationale: In Switzerland, only 10% of deaths per year occur suddenly and unexpectedly and about two thirds of people die from an illness after receiving medium to long-term medical car...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Nurses: stable contract, with a diploma in nursing, fluent in French, being able to provide informed consent;
- Patients: at least 18 years old, chronic progressive disease impacting life expectancy, being able to speak, read and understand French, followed by nurses of imad a least once a week, capacity of discernment, being able to provide informed consent;
- Relatives: designed by the patient, at least 18 years old, being able to speak, read and understand French, capacity of discernment, being able to provide informed consent
Exclusion
- Nurses: temporary work, refusal to provide informed consent
- Patients: existing ADs, terminal care, existing diagnosis of cognitive disorders or sensory motor impairment documented in the patient file related to memory loss or disturbances of speech that would not allow for a constructive exchange, refusal to provide informed consent;
- Relatives: imad's professional, refusal to provide informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
135 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04065685
Start Date
October 1 2019
End Date
December 31 2022
Last Update
November 4 2022
Active Locations (1)
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IMAD
Geneva, Switzerland, 1227