Assessment of applicability of an advance directive in the ICU by treating physicians and relatives

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00005360

Enrollment

Registered

2013-11-08

Start date

2013-09-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

critically ill patients

Interventions

Group 1: Treating ICU-physicians, nurses, other therapists and relatives of included patients are questioned once during the patients ICU stay. Relatives and/or surviving patients are questioned once

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Non-competent intensive care patients with AD >18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of valid advance directives (AD) according to at least one valid applicability condition by the treating intensive care physician	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Criteria of validity, discrepant assessment of validity by other caregivers and relatives, discomfort about following written wishes, life-sustaining measures, therapy limitations.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactNadja Helke Leder

Universitätsklinikum JenaKlinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin JenaEIDECS

nadja.leder@med.uni-jena.de0177/3518882

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026