Health Condition 1: Z515- Encounter for palliative care
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients - Adults aged more than 18 yrs, diagnosed with chronic or advanced life-limiting illness, able to provide informed consent or have a proxy respondent available when capacity is impaired. Caregivers - Primary informal caregivers more than 18 yrs, involved in patient care and decision making, willing and available for follow up assessment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients - expected length of stay less than 48 hrs, severe cognitive impairment without available proxy respondent, unable or unwilling to participate Caregivers - Paid or temporary caregivers, unable to complete followup assessment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Implementation fidelity to the minimum viable structured 5As care planning bundleTimepoint: at admission, before discharge, 7 days post-discharge | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Other implementation outcomes - reach, adoption, feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness and sustainabilityTimepoint: mid and post implementation;patient symptom burden - ESAS-r, functional status - PPSv2Timepoint: at admission, discharge and 7-day post-discharge follow-up;Caregiver burden - ZBI-12 scaleTimepoint: at admission, discharge and 7-day post-discharge follow-up;caregiver empowerment/ self efficacy - CSES-8 toolTimepoint: at admission, discharge and 7-day post-discharge follow-up | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal