Status:
COMPLETED
Primary Care Consultation for Patients With Palliative Care Needs
Lead Sponsor:
University of Coimbra
Conditions:
Palliative Care
Primary Health Care
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Introduction General practitioners provide health care in the community, managing patients and families longitudinally, and there is some evidence that when they are involved in caring for people with...
Detailed Description
Study aim: The investigators aim to develop, apply, and evaluate a mix-method intervention involving training in PC and a new consultation model in primary care for patients with PC needs. Primary o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- GPs' eligibility criteria Inclusion criteria
- Working in the centre health care region in Portugal.
- Authorisation of the coordinator of each GP health care unit to integrate the study.
- Patients' eligibility criteria Inclusion criteria
- Belonging to the list of patients of the recruited GPs.
- 18 years or older.
- Diagnosis of advanced stage neoplasm (ASN), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Gold III/IV, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) NYHA III/IV, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) stage IV/V.
- Exclusion Criteria
- Refusal, at any time, to participate in the study.
- Level of understanding or execution that compromises taking part in the study and answering the IPOS patient version (evaluated using Mini Mental State Examination score).
- Level of disease severity requiring urgent intervention (GP clinical judgement).
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 27 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 3 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
53 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05244590
Start Date
April 27 2022
End Date
February 3 2023
Last Update
February 14 2023
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ARS Centro
Coimbra, Portugal, 3000