The family meeting as an instrument for the spiritual care of palliative patients and their families - does it help?

The family meeting as an instrument for the spiritual care of palliative patients and their families in order to implement a Family Meeting model of spiritual care in a palliative care setting and evaluate its effectiveness from the viewpoint of all stakeholders

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000217505

Enrollment

Registered

2006-05-31

Start date

2006-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To assess the role and effectiveness of the family meeting in the spiritual care of palliative patients and their families. The study looks at spirituality and spiritual care in a very broad way. This includes such things as attitude to life, reviewing life, bringing closure to things that have happened, foregiveness of self and others, having hope, finding meaning and purpose in the things that have happened in your life. For some people it will also include religious practices and beliefs.

Interventions

Spiritual care in a palliative care setting. Initial meeting varies in length from family to family and also depends on the number of people present. Estimated length 1.5 hours. Follow up is a one on one interview, this also varies in length but is estimated to be between 20 and 40 minutes. The date and time of the follow up meeting is set for the convenience of the participant but is usually 2-7 days after the initial meeting.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Considered able, by the attending medical staff, to be present at and participate in the Family MeetingPatients who are aware of the terminal nature of their illness and whose prognosis for life is less than 3 monthsPatients who are able to converese in english.

Exclusion criteria

Any participant who does not meet the above selection criteria Any patient due to physical or mental illness is unable to participate in the Family meeting Any participant whi is unable to read and write in english and hence anable to give appropriate consent Any participant who at any time during the study requests withdrawal.

Outcome results