Clinical Characteristics and Discharge Assessment of Patients From Palliative Care

NCT ID: NCT04755374

Last Updated: 2021-07-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

103 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-20

Study Completion Date

2021-04-20

Brief Summary

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The number of people having chronic diseases and the demand for palliative care has increased. The factors that have an impact on length of stay and discharge of patient who were admitted to palliative care center will be investigated.

Detailed Description

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Adult patients admitted to the Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospitals Palliative Care Unit between August 2018 and September 2020 and discharged to their home will be retrospectively evaluated.

Patient's age, gender, diagnosis, conditions/comorbidities, Karnofsky Performance Scale, discharge status (death, intensive care unit or at home), gastrostomy status, presence of tracheostomy and/or mechanical ventilation, nutritional status (total parenteral nutrition or enteral nutrition), pressure ulcers, the lowest and highest recorded hemoglobin concentration, white blood cell count and serum sodium concentration and the education level of the patient and the caregiver will be recorded. Patients will be grouped according to length of stay (LOS) as Group 1: discharged in equal or less than 21 days or Group 2: Prolonged discharged in longer than 21 days and analysed accordingly

Conditions

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Critical Illness

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group 1

Discharged from palliative care unit in equal or less than 21 days

Discharged ≤ 21 days

Intervention Type OTHER

Discharged from palliative care unit in equal less than 21 days

Group 2: Prolonged discharged in longer than 21 days

Discharged from palliative care unit in longer than 21 days

Prolonged discharge

Intervention Type OTHER

Discharged from palliative care unit in longer than 21 days

Interventions

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Discharged ≤ 21 days

Discharged from palliative care unit in equal less than 21 days

Intervention Type OTHER

Prolonged discharge

Discharged from palliative care unit in longer than 21 days

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patients admitted to the palliative care unit

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients not consenting to participate the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gulten Utebey

Dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Gulten Utebey, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ministry of Health

Locations

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Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospital

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Gomes B, Higginson IJ. Where people die (1974--2030): past trends, future projections and implications for care. Palliat Med. 2008 Jan;22(1):33-41. doi: 10.1177/0269216307084606.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18216075 (View on PubMed)

Lau F, Downing GM, Lesperance M, Shaw J, Kuziemsky C. Use of Palliative Performance Scale in end-of-life prognostication. J Palliat Med. 2006 Oct;9(5):1066-75. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.1066.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17040144 (View on PubMed)

Kelly A, Conell-Price J, Covinsky K, Cenzer IS, Chang A, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Length of stay for older adults residing in nursing homes at the end of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Sep;58(9):1701-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03005.x. Epub 2010 Aug 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20738438 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Palliative-Discharge

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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