Palliative Care
Conditions
Keywords
antithrombotic therapy, end of life, palliative care
Brief summary
"Complex decisions regarding antithrombotic therapy: the QUIET study" is a monocentric observational study without drug intervention, conducted through the administration of a questionnaire (survey).The aim of this study is to explore, through the administration of a questionnaire (survey) consisting of hypothetical clinical cases, the approach of physicians regarding the prescription, continuation, or discontinuation of antithrombotic therapies in patients referred to Palliative Care.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Affiliation, as a physician, with one of the main Italian scientific societies actively involved in the management of antithrombotic therapy in patients referred to Palliative Care * Electronic informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Failure to complete or incomplete completion of the questionnaire.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of discontinue/continue antithrombotic therapy | at enrollment | Calculation of the prevalence of physicians who would discontinue or continue antithrombotic therapy when evaluating different clinical scenarios presented to them through a survey. |
Countries
Italy