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NCT03171779

Impact of Interprofessional Training and Co-ordination on Early Identification and Proactive Approach to End-of-life Situations in the Context of Primary Care

Led by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · Updated on 2025-04-02

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Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

643 weeks

Total Duration

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What this Trial Is About

More than 300,000 people die each year in France from a disease that may require palliative care. Nevertheless, only a small proportion of these patients are able to access this care, in particular because of a too late identification. While several factors may hinder access to specialized palliative care resources, one of the major barriers to the initiation of palliative care, and particularly to the implementation of quality end-of-life care, Remains the failure to recognize that patients with advanced chronic illness are actually approaching the end of their lives. However, it is now clearly established that early integration of palliative care in the care of people living with a serious, incurable and progressive disease: * has an impact on the quality (and sometimes the expectation) of life of these people, * avoids aggressive treatments and unplanned hospitalizations, * is associated with lower health costs than other end-of-life patients. Primary health care providers have a major role to play in facilitating access to palliative care, but their practice has been hampered in our country by the fragmented and poorly coordinated nature of primary care and Negligible in terms of training. However, they remain the first contact of the patients with the system of care, and are also structuring for the continuation of the patient's journey within the health system. The first hypothesis is that the work of genuine interprofessional primary care teams in multi-professional health centers (MSPs), coupled with adequate training in the use of simple tools, can contribute to the early identification of patients approaching End of life, to meet their palliative care needs. However, various European programs (Gold Standards Framework in the UK, NECPAL in Catalonia, RADPAC in the Netherlands) have shown that identification alone is not enough to increase access to specialized palliative care. The second hypothesis is that it must be articulated for this with a training of the professionals to carry out conversations of anticipated planning of the care with their patients.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Impact of Interprofessional Training and Co-ordination on Early Identification and Proactive Approach to End-of-life Situations in the Context of Primary Care

Who Can Participate

All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Being a multi-professional health care home (MSP)
  • Having at least one specialized palliative care resource available in the MSP territory (USP, EMSP, palliative care network)
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Health centers, group medical practices, clinics
  • Less than 3 general practitioners (GPs) and/or absence of nurses (FDI) within the MSP

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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CHU Amiens Picardie

Amiens, Picardie, France, 80054

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Research Team

M

Maxime GIGNON, Dr

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Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

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N/A

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Primary Purpose

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Number of Arms

3

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