Improving End-of-life Care by Continuing Medical Education and Electronic Decision Making Support for General Practitioners
NCT ID: NCT02050256
Last Updated: 2014-12-11
Study Results
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Basic Information
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WITHDRAWN
NA
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-02-28
2014-12-31
Brief Summary
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The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of a complex intervention in general practice on GPs' awareness of and confidence in providing end-of-life care.
Method: A follow-up study among 404 general practices in Central Denmark Region. The participating general practices will get the opportunity to receive education in palliative care and access to an electronic support, which provides advice on palliative care and an overview of the palliative population in each medical practice. The education and the support will focus on patients suffering from either metastatic cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (GOLD stage 4).
The end-of-life care delivered by the GPs to their deceased patients will be analysed, based on questionnaires to GPs and register data related to the deceased patients before and after the intervention, .
Primary outcomes: Place of death of deceased patients, time spent at home, and number of hospital admissions in the last three months of the patients' lives.
Secondary outcomes: Number and kinds of contacts between GPs and patients, use of relevant medicine and of the 'Safety Box'. Finally GPs' confidence concerning palliative care will be assessed in questionnaires.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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general practioner
continuing medical education and electronic decision support
education and electronic support
Continuing medical education and electronic decision support to General Practitioners.
Interventions
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continuing medical education and electronic decision support
education and electronic support
Continuing medical education and electronic decision support to General Practitioners.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
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Exclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Danish Cancer Society
OTHER
TrygFonden, Denmark
INDUSTRY
University of Aarhus
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Anders B. Mr Jensen, Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Locations
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Aarhus University
Aarhus, , Denmark
Countries
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References
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Winthereik AK, Neergaard MA, Jensen AB, Vedsted P. Development, modelling, and pilot testing of a complex intervention to support end-of-life care provided by Danish general practitioners. BMC Fam Pract. 2018 Jun 20;19(1):91. doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0774-x.
Other Identifiers
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2006802748
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id