Determinants and implications of aggressiveness of care at the end of cancer patients' lives from the relatives' perspective

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00022837

Enrollment

230

Registered

2020-10-05

Start date

2015-10-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F00-F99

Interventions

Group 1: Bereaved caregivers of deceased cancer patients are surveyed about treatment decisions and mental health status.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: aged 18 years or older, bereaved caregiver of a patient who passed away six months prior to caregiver’s study participation, written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: insufficient German language proficiency or cognitive impairment, which preclude adequate completion of the questionnaires

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
frequency of occurrence of aggressiveness of care at the end of cancer patients' lives	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
mental health status of the bereaved caregivers - mental symptom burden (Patient Health Questionnaire 9, PHQ-9, for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, GAD-7, for anxiety disorders) - regret of treatment decisions (Decisions Regret Scale for Caregivers, DRS-C) - complicated grief (Inventory of Complicated Grief, ICG)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMarkus Haun

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

markus.haun@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221 56 38396

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026