Patients dying in settings of general palliative care (general hospital wards, nursing homes)
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Part I: Retrospective case notes review of sedation practice in the last seven days of life in the participating hospital departments and nursing homes.
Part IIa: Qualitative semi-structured
Sponsors
Klinik und Poliklinik für Palliativmedizin, Klinikum der Universität München
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Part I (retrospective case notes review): Adult patients who died in participating centres between 2015 and 2017 Part II: Physicians and nurses working in the participating centres + additional selected physicians and nurses from different hospital departments and general practitioners, who care for patients in nursing homes, from different sites in Germany, who have experience in caring for dying people.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Part I: < 18 years Part II: unable to speak sufficient German; < 18 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| As this is no intervention study, there are no endpoints. We will assess the frequency and characteristics (medication, documented terminology, decision making) of different types of sedation outside specialist palliative care during the last seven days of life as well as the experiences and challenges regarding different types of sedation as perceived by health care professionals | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| s. explanation "primary timepoint" | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactEva Schildmann
Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Zentrum für Palliativmedizin
Outcome results
None listed