Development of an integrated care pathway (ICP) for end-of-life care in long term care facilities in Japan

Development of an integrated care pathway (ICP) for end-of-life care in long term care facilities in Japan - Development of an integrated care pathway (ICP) for end-of-life care in long term care facilities in Japan

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000022579

Enrollment

Registered

2016-07-31

Start date

2016-11-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Nurses and care workers in a private nursing home in Japan

Interventions

An complex intervention for nurses and care workers using an integrated care pathway that is developed by the authors for Japanese private nursing homes The ICP has 5 components

(1) Education regarding procedure of the ICP for staffs (2) Education regarding quality EOL care for staffs (3) Standardized multidisciplinary checklist of EOL care process (4) Regular interdiscipl

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Nurses and care workers in the facility.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Staff who cannot communicate in Japanese

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Attitude of nurses and care workers toward end-of-life care; Nurse's attitude scale on end-of-life care towards older adults and Frommelt Attitude TowardCare Of Dying scale - Form B, Japanese version	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1.Efficacy and feasibility of ICP evaluated by semi-structured interview to nurse and care worker 2. Interdisciplinary team practice of nurses and care workers:Assessment Scale of Health Care Professionals' Recognition of a Successful Interdisciplinary Team Approach in Health Care Facilities for the Elderly 3.Efficacy and feasibility of ICP evaluated by items developed for this project 4. Efficacy and feasibility of ICP evaluated by semi-structured interview to managers 5. Feasibility of ICP evaluated by semi-structured interview to residents, families, and bereaved family 6. Administrative data of the nursing home including the number of urgent hospitalization and mortality in the institution 7. Description in daily record of nurses and care workers and in checklist including number of conferences and description in conferences	—

Measure

Time frame

1.Efficacy and feasibility of ICP evaluated by semi-structured interview to nurse and care worker 2. Interdisciplinary team practice of nurses and care workers:Assessment Scale of Health Care Professionals' Recognition of a Successful Interdisciplinary Team Approach in Health Care Facilities for the Elderly 3.Efficacy and feasibility of ICP evaluated by items developed for this project 4. Efficacy and feasibility of ICP evaluated by semi-structured interview to managers 5. Feasibility of ICP evaluated by semi-structured interview to residents, families, and bereaved family 6. Administrative data of the nursing home including the number of urgent hospitalization and mortality in the institution 7. Description in daily record of nurses and care workers and in checklist including number of conferences and description in conferences

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactChihiro Yamagata

The Jikei University School Of Nursing

yamagata.chihiro@jikei.ac.jp03-3480-8686

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026