Evaluation of Palliative Care Co-treatment by Attending Physicians and Nurses: an Online Survey as Part of the Project

Evaluation of Palliative Care Co-treatment by Attending Physicians and Nurses: an Online Survey as Part of the Project (EPIC-Baseline-Survey)

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06310889

Acronym

EPIC-BS

Enrollment

Registered

2024-03-15

Start date

2024-04-01

Completion date

2024-06-30

Last updated

2024-03-18

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Conditions

Palliative Medicine

Brief summary

The subject of the study is an online survey of doctors and nurses who provide (intensive) medical care to patients.

Detailed description

Charité will support this international survey as part of the preparatory phase of the Europe-wide harmonized and recommended palliative care practice for ICU approved HORIZON grant application EPIC (EA2/291/23), to which this ethics application refers. Participants will be contacted via the mailing list of ESAIC (European Organization for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Pain and Perioperative Medicine), ESICM (European Society of Intensive Care Medicine), DIVI (German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) and the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC).

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 67 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All doctors or nursing staff involved in the intensive medical care of patients and consent to the survey via the distribution list of a specialist association

Exclusion criteria

* Incomplete data

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Barriers 1	01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024	Barriers in palliative care regarding implementation of therapeutic goals (implementation rate symptom assessment for e.g. breathing and dyspnea).
Barriers 2	01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024	Barriers in palliative care regarding implementation of patient automomy (implementation rate to define advance directives and power of attorney).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Measures 1	01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024	Measures to be taken in the palliative medical treatment situation (implementation rate to define and document end-of-life-decisions).
Measures 2	01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024	Evaluation of measures to be taken in the palliative medical treatment situation (family involvement in end-of-life-decisions).
Resources 1	01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024	Personnel resources in palliative care (rate of specialized palliative care team available in ICUs).
Resources 2	01.04.2024 - 30.06.2024	Other resources in palliative care (rate availability of psychological support)

Outcome results