Next of kin of deceased patients
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: All consecutive Patients who had died on predefined wards between April 2016 and April 2017 were included according to the following eligibility criteria:
a) At least 18 years of age
b) Sta
Sponsors
Universitätsmedizin Mainz III Med. Klinik Interdisziplinäre Abteilung für Palliativmedizin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Next of Kin were included if - they were at least 18 years of Age - had sufficient German language skills - were in contact with the patient at hospital during the last two days of life
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Next of Kin were excluded if - they were younger than 18 years of Age - had insufficient German language skills - missing contact to patient at hospital during the last two days of life - insufficient cognitive status or high emotional burden
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A minimum number of 200 participants are required. Furthermore a minimum amount of 30 second next of kin will be invited to participate, so interrater reliability can be analysed. And 30 repeated measurements are required to survey the validity of the questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| After inspection of content validity through a structured translation process following EORTC–Criteria, the questionnaire is considered valid if the following psychometric indices show satisfactory values: Internal consistency, construct validity, test retest reliability and interrater reliability. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnnika Vogt
Universitätsmedizin Mainz III. Med. Klinik Interdisziplinäre Abteilung für Palliativmedizin
Outcome results
None listed