Investigation to detect the point prevalence and the symptoms of the construct of terminal phase of life in patients of a acute geriatric unit

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00000533

Enrollment

400

Registered

2010-09-15

Start date

2010-09-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

multimorbid geriatric in-hospital patients

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -all patients of a geriatric unit -given written informed consent by the patient or a proxy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -missing written informed consent -refusal to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
prevalence of the terminal phase of life in geriatric in-hospital patients	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
prevalence of symptoms	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHelmut Frohnhofen

Kliniken Essen Mitte Zentrum für Altersmedizin

h.frohnhofn@kliniken-essen-mitte.de0201-17423001

Outcome results