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Determining End-of-life Attitudes in patients with Life-limiting disease

Determining End-of-life Attitudes in patients with Life-limiting disease - DEAL

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00037799
Enrollment
200
Registered
2025-10-24
Start date
2026-01-12
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

patients currently receiving spezicaliced palliative care

Interventions

Group 1: Adult patients who are receiving specialized inpatient palliative care at Dresden University Hospital, are not imminently dying (medical prognosis >3 days), and are cognitively and linguistic

Sponsors

Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT/UCC) Dresden
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: n specialized inpatient palliative care at Dresden University Hospital; not immediately dying (medical prognosis >3 days); cognitively and linguistically capable of participating in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: prevalent severe major depressive episode, psychotic symptoms

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
- Wish towards hastened death (SAHD-D)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- depressive and anxiety symptoms (PHQ-4) - Somatic symptoms and quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL) - Suicidal experiences and behaviors (SSEV) - Basic palliative care assessment (HOPE) - Spirituality (FACIT-Sp) Sociodemographic data: - Gender, age, education, education, relationship status, living situation, (minor) children

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLeopold Hentschel

Nationales Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT/UCC) Dresden

psychoonkologie@ukdd.de+493514584500

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026