Terminally ill patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Ueno Yusuke
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The target audience is family members of patients who have received sedation, which is defined as "the administration of sedatives to relieve treatment-resistant pain."
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Sedation is not recommended if opioids or antipsychotics cause decreased consciousness. Nighttime administration of sleeping pills for treatment-resistant non-painful insomnia is also not recommended.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The questionnaire used for evaluation was the 2nd edition of the Scale for Assessment of the Structure and Process of Palliative Care by Bereaved Families. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The diagnosis, age, sex, physical findings, test results (blood tests, imaging tests, etc.), nursing records, percentage of patients who underwent sedation for pain relief, percentage of patients who underwent PCT intervention, duration of sedation, target symptoms, drugs used, and the decision-making process of patients and their families for patients who underwent sedation that corresponds to "administration of sedatives for the purpose of alleviating treatment-resistant pain." | — |
Contacts
Public ContactYusuke Ueno
Kagawa University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed