Terminal phase in acute care Stress facors, stress symptoms, protective factors , self-efficacy
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Level 1: Chart review on the files of patients who died on acute care wards.
Level 2: Expert interviews with head nurses, senior physicians and service staff.
Level 3: Written survey among
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Level 1 – Chart review: Patients - discharged because of death - who died before April 1st 2016 on an acute care ward Level 2 – expert interviews: Employees who - are a head nurse or - senior physicians or - service staff who come in contact with dying patients during their work and have written consent. Level 3 – Questionnaire Physicians, nurses and service staff who - work on acute care wards - are directly and/or indirectly involved in the care of the dying patients and their relatives.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Level 1 – chart review: Patients who - died on other wards - were discharged because of other reasons Level 2 – expert interviews: Employees - who cannot be exempted from patient care for the duration of the interview - who refuse the participation Level 3 – questionnaire: Physicians, nurses and service staff who - who cannot be exempted from patient care for the duration of the survey - who decline participation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| t0: stress factors and protective factors (Fragebogen "Wie viel Tod verträgt ein Team?" Pfister 2012, Aachener Dissertationen zur Palliativmedizin ; 5) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| t0: stress symptoms (Questionnaire "Wie viel Tod verträgt ein Team?" Pfister 2012, Aachener Dissertationen zur Palliativmedizin ; 5), self-efficacy (Bonner Palliativ Wissenstest, Müller, Pfister & Markett 2009 in Der Schmerz) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnnika Dangendorf
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Outcome results
None listed