How is the Term 'Harm' Being Interpreted & Documented on Hospice DNACPR

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

To investigate how discussions surrounding Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions have changed following the Tracey judgement and how "harm" is being defined by clinicians working within specialist palliative care in a hospice setting.

Clinical Trial Description

This is a retrospective case note review. Five hospices within the West Midlands will be invited to participate and up to 300 sets of deceased patients' notes containing a DNACPR form will be reviewed; 150 from 2013 (prior to the Tracey judgement) and 150 from 2015 (following the Tracey judgement).

Initially these forms will be reviewed to document the percentage of patients with whom a DNACPR decision was discussed in 2013 and the percentage with whom it was discussed in 2015 to allow comparison from before the Tracey judgement and after the Tracey judgement.

If patients did NOT have DNACPR decisions discussed with them, their DNACPR forms and clinical notes will then be reviewed and the reasons documented for not involving patients in 2013 and in 2015 compared. It is anticipated that many, if not most, DNACPR decisions which were not discussed with patients in 2013 will cite "distress" as the reason but following the Tracey judgement this would not be acceptable in 2015.

Further analysis of DNACPR forms and clinical notes will then take place for those patients identified as not being involved in DNACPR discussions in 2015 (post-Tracey) to identify whether, and how, "harm" was defined by the clinician. This should be recorded on the DNACPR form or in the clinical notes.

Following data collection, quantitative analysis will be undertaken to allow comparison of percentages of DNACPR decisions discussed with patients in 2013 and 2015 followed by descriptive analysis of variation in reasons for not discussing DNACPR decisions in 2013 and 2015. This study is explorative in nature and further qualitative analysis will not be part of this research project. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03195725
Study type	Observational
Source	The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase
Start date	July 24, 2017
Completion date	October 31, 2018

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How is the Term 'Harm' Being Interpreted and Documented on Hospice DNACPR Forms Following the Tracey Judgement?

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