Palliative medicine and dying in the rescue service - attitudes, perspectives and knowledge of trainees in the rescue service

Palliative medicine and dying in the rescue service - attitudes, perspectives and knowledge of trainees in the rescue service - Pall_Rett_Azubis

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00026206

Enrollment

150

Registered

2021-08-30

Start date

2021-05-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Palliative care in the ambulance service

Interventions

Group 1: Paramedic trainees. The trainees are informed about the study at the beginning of their training in the training center of the DRK rescue service and asked to participate. The survey is repea

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Trainees at the DRK training center in Marburg (paramedics and EMTs) - Subjects = 16 years of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Trainees of the DRK training center in Marburg who are not on duty - Subjects <16 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
How does the view of dying and death change during training? The following questionnaires are used: I. General information (level of training, experience in emergency services, etc.) II. PCEP-GR (German version of the “Palliative Care Education and Practice” questionnaire): records experience and personal dealings with the dying III. Questions about attitude and professional practice (own collection of questions, not validated, purely descriptive evaluation, therefore no validation planned) IV. FIMEST-E (“Questionnaire inventory for the multi-dimensional recording of the experience of dying and death”): comprehensively and differentiates the emotional assessments that a person undertakes while thinking about dying and death. V. Psychological stress GAD-2 (anxiety) and PHQ-2 (depression) VI. BPW (Bonn Palliative Knowledge Test): Acquisition of knowledge about palliative care VII. Open questions	—

Measure

Time frame

How does the view of dying and death change during training? The following questionnaires are used: I. General information (level of training, experience in emergency services, etc.) II. PCEP-GR (German version of the “Palliative Care Education and Practice” questionnaire): records experience and personal dealings with the dying III. Questions about attitude and professional practice (own collection of questions, not validated, purely descriptive evaluation, therefore no validation planned) IV. FIMEST-E (“Questionnaire inventory for the multi-dimensional recording of the experience of dying and death”): comprehensively and differentiates the emotional assessments that a person undertakes while thinking about dying and death. V. Psychological stress GAD-2 (anxiety) and PHQ-2 (depression) VI. BPW (Bonn Palliative Knowledge Test): Acquisition of knowledge about palliative care VII. Open questions

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Gaining knowledge of the level of knowledge of trainees in the rescue service about palliative medicine, palliative medical diseases and their treatment options in the preclinical setting. Are these subject areas considered relevant for the training? Do certain operational situations lead to intra-role conflicts? Which work situations are perceived as stressful?	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristian Volberg

Klinik für Anästhesie und IntensivmedizinUniversitätsklinikum Gießen und MarburgStandort Marburg

christian.volberg@med.uni-marburg.de064215864934

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026