Activity of Daily Living Support in End-of-Life care: The impact of the education-based intervention program “AdKinPal” for palliative care nurses

Activity of Daily Living Support in End-of-Life care: The impact of the education-based intervention program “AdKinPal” for palliative care nurses - AdKinPal

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00015908

Enrollment

141

Registered

2018-11-23

Start date

2018-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Individuals requiring specialized palliative care, irrespective of their underlying diagnosis

Interventions

Group 1: palliative care nurses will receive a half-year educational program AdKinPal

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Karnofsky Performance Index = 50; Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Karnofsky Performance Index > 50

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Nurse: what: Kinaesthetics competence when: directly after intervention stopped and six months after intervention stopped how: Kinaesthetics Competence Self-Evaluation Scale (KCSE) Patients: what: Symptom distress (aggregated score of symptoms) when: directly after intervention stopped and six months after intervention stopped how: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Nurse: what: self-efficacy in ADL (Activities of Daily Living) support in end of life care and musculoskeletal complaints when: directly after intervention stopped and six months after intervention stopped how: self developed questionnaire, Nordic questionnaire for analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms Patients: what: Symptom and decubitus prevalence when: directly after intervention stopped and six months after intervention stopped how: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), self developed questionnaire	—

Measure

Time frame

Nurse: what: self-efficacy in ADL (Activities of Daily Living) support in end of life care and musculoskeletal complaints when: directly after intervention stopped and six months after intervention stopped how: self developed questionnaire, Nordic questionnaire for analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms Patients: what: Symptom and decubitus prevalence when: directly after intervention stopped and six months after intervention stopped how: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS), self developed questionnaire

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Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactHeidrun Gattinger

Institut für Angewandte Pflegewissenschaft IPW-FHS, FHS St.Gallen Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

heidrun.gattinger@ost.ch+41 (0) 71 226 15 22

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026