Nursing guidelines Not Applicable Nursing guidelines
Conditions
Interventions
Participating ICUs are randomly allocated to two groups (manual generated randomization with random allocation concealment), without stratification of ICU size.
Both the intervention and control gr
Sponsors
HAN University of Applied Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Nurses: 1. Working in the ICU 2. Graduated as a ICU nurse 3. Dutch speaking 4. Experience with EOLC in the ICU Family of deceased ICU patients: 1. Dutch speaking 2. Aged 18 years and over 3. 4-5 weeks after death of the patient 3. Contact person of the deceased patient
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Nurses: No experience with End-of-life care. Family: Family of patients who were organ donors.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence to guidelines for end-of-life care is measured by a questionnaire for ICU nurses applying 25 recommendations of the guideline at baseline, and after 6 and 9 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Experiences of ICU nurses and family of deceased patients are measured the Quality of Death and Dying (QDD) and Consumer Quality Index (CQI-R), relatives in the ICU (LAIZ 2016) questionnaires at 9 months. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactLilian Vloet
Outcome results
None listed