Practice Analysis of Care, Paraclinical Exams and Treatments Received by Geriatric Patients Both During the Last Week and the Last 24 Hours of Their Lives.

NCT ID: NCT06026241

Last Updated: 2025-03-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-31

Brief Summary

End-of-life care is a core topic for geriatricians. One of the key aspects of end-of-life management is deciding when to discontinue active care measures (for example blood pressure monitoring, blood tests and X-rays) in favor of exclusive comfort care. In this retrospective observational study, the investigators looked at the care measures, treatments and paraclinical exams received by geriatric patients both one week and 24 hours before their death.

Detailed Description

This analysis provides information on the differences in geriatric physicians' practices regarding the anticipation of the end of life, by showing on average when active care measures were stopped before death. Secondly, the investigators looked at patient criteria that could explain a prolongation of active care and a delay in the implementation of exclusive comfort care.

Conditions

End-of-life Care

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Patients over 75 who died in geriatrics

Patients over 75 years old who died in the geriatric short-stay departments of Saint-Etienne University Hospital

Collecting data from the medical record

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patient's socio-demographic data (age, gender, residence), comorbidities, cause of death, date and frequency of care measures/treatments/paraclinical exams received before their death.

Interventions

Collecting data from the medical record

Patient's socio-demographic data (age, gender, residence), comorbidities, cause of death, date and frequency of care measures/treatments/paraclinical exams received before their death.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients over 75 years old who died in a geriatric short-stay department at Saint-Etienne University Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients under 75 years old

• Minimum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Ludovic LAFAIE, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

Locations

CHU Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Ludovic LAFAIE, MD

Role: CONTACT

ludovic.lafaie@chu-st-etienne.fr

(0)477127397 ext. +33

Solène VALETTE, resident

Role: CONTACT

solene.valette@hotmail.fr

(0)670511373 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

Ludovic LAFAIE, MD

Role: primary

ludovic.lafaie@chu-st-etienne.fr

(0)477127397 ext. +33

Solène VALETTE, resident

Role: backup

solene.valette@hotmail.fr

(0)670511373 ext. +33

Other Identifiers

IRBN1162023/CHUSTE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id