Bringing palliative care for dementia into agreement with their wishes and needs: development and evaluation of Decidem

Bringing palliative care for dementia into agreement with their wishes and needs: development and evaluation of Decidem - Decidem

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON42489

Enrollment

210

Registered

2015-12-14

Start date

2016-01-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-23

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Conditions

advance care planning, shared decision making, palliatieve zorg advance directive end of life care living will

Interventions

Primary healthcare professionals will be trained in using shared decision making and advance care planning according to a structured protocol and with the use of ZWIP (an existing ICT tool for the u

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients older than 65 years Community dwelling patients or patients living in a home for the elderly under the care of a genral practitioner Primarycarers of the patients mentioned above

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: People who do not speak dutch patients with a life expectancy less than 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main study parameters are the differences between the intervention group and the control group regarding the patient*s wishes/goals discussed, recorded and respected.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The secondary study parameters are: the effect of the intervention on the patient*s quality of life and their satisfaction with care, the caregivers burden and satisfaction with care and the healthcare professionals satisfaction with care.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)