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NCT number NCT04010136
Other study ID # CE-UBI-Pj-2019-023:ID1244
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date November 1, 2019
Est. completion date December 30, 2021

Study information

Verified date October 2022
Source University of Beira Interior
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In the last decades, the number of people living with chronic diseases had increased, mainly due to the aging of the population. Such chronic, progressive, life threatening and burdening diseases, play an important role in this new era of palliative care. Despite the growing scientific and social interest in palliative care, there is still a delay in the identification of patients with palliative care needs. This leads to a late integration in a palliative care network and consequent deprivation of the major advantages of an early and progressive integration. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of palliative care training and the use of a structured tool, in the identification of the elderly population in need of palliative care by family physicians. And also to conduct a prevalence study to further the knowledge about how many elder people in primary care have the need of a palliative care approach.


Description:

The study consists of two phases: 1. Randomized trial with General Practitioners (GP) to determine the role of two different training programs and a structured tool in the identification of geriatric patients with palliative care needs. 2. Cross-sectional, analytical study of the prevalence and patterns of geriatric patients with Palliative Care (PC) needs, managed in primary care in Portugal's Center Healthcare Administrative Region.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date December 30, 2021
Est. primary completion date December 29, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - GPs (fellows and specialists) from Center Healthcare Administrative Region Exclusion Criteria: - Previous palliative care training. - Refuse to participate

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Palliative care training
Intervention will consist on providing different types of palliative care training to identify the most accurate on improving GPs' identification of palliative care patients skills

Locations

Country Name City State
Portugal Center Healthcare Administrative Region Coimbra

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Beira Interior

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

References & Publications (19)

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Beernaert K, Deliens L, De Vleminck A, Devroey D, Pardon K, Van den Block L, Cohen J. Is There a Need for Early Palliative Care in Patients With Life-Limiting Illnesses? Interview Study With Patients About Experienced Care Needs From Diagnosis Onward. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Jun;33(5):489-97. doi: 10.1177/1049909115577352. Epub 2015 Apr 7. — View Citation

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De Korte-Verhoef MC, Pasman HR, Schweitzer BP, Francke AL, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Deliens L. General practitioners' perspectives on the avoidability of hospitalizations at the end of life: A mixed-method study. Palliat Med. 2014 Jul;28(7):949-958. Epub 2014 Apr 2. — View Citation

Gómez-Batiste X, Martínez-Muñoz M, Blay C, Amblàs J, Vila L, Costa X, Espaulella J, Espinosa J, Constante C, Mitchell GK. Prevalence and characteristics of patients with advanced chronic conditions in need of palliative care in the general population: a cross-sectional study. Palliat Med. 2014 Apr;28(4):302-11. doi: 10.1177/0269216313518266. Epub 2014 Jan 8. — View Citation

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Highet G, Crawford D, Murray SA, Boyd K. Development and evaluation of the Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT): a mixed-methods study. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2014 Sep;4(3):285-90. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000488. Epub 2013 Jul 25. — View Citation

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Maas EA, Murray SA, Engels Y, Campbell C. What tools are available to identify patients with palliative care needs in primary care: a systematic literature review and survey of European practice. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2013 Dec;3(4):444-51. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000527. Review. — View Citation

Martin Rosello ´ ML, Fernandez Lopez A, Sanz-Amores R, et al. Instrument Diagnosing Complexity in Palliative Care, IDC-Pal. Junta Andaluc ´ia Cons Igualdad, Salud y Pol ´iticas Soc [Internet] 2014. Available from: http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/export/sites/csalud/galerias/documentos/ p_3_p_3_procesos_asistenciales_integrados/cuidados_paliativos/idc_pal_ 2014.pdf. [Accessed 6 April 2019].

McWhinney IR, Stewart MA. Home care of dying patients. Family physicians' experience with a palliative care support team. Can Fam Physician. 1994 Feb;40:240-6. — View Citation

Mitchell GK. How well do general practitioners deliver palliative care? A systematic review. Palliat Med. 2002 Nov;16(6):457-64. Review. — View Citation

Morrison RS, Dietrich J, Ladwig S, Quill T, Sacco J, Tangeman J, Meier DE. Palliative care consultation teams cut hospital costs for Medicaid beneficiaries. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Mar;30(3):454-63. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0929. — View Citation

Murray SA, Firth A, Schneider N, Van den Eynden B, Gomez-Batiste X, Brogaard T, Villanueva T, Abela J, Eychmuller S, Mitchell G, Downing J, Sallnow L, van Rijswijk E, Barnard A, Lynch M, Fogen F, Moine S. Promoting palliative care in the community: production of the primary palliative care toolkit by the European Association of Palliative Care Taskforce in primary palliative care. Palliat Med. 2015 Feb;29(2):101-11. doi: 10.1177/0269216314545006. Epub 2014 Nov 13. — View Citation

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Prince MJ, Wu F, Guo Y, Gutierrez Robledo LM, O'Donnell M, Sullivan R, Yusuf S. The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and practice. Lancet. 2015 Feb 7;385(9967):549-62. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61347-7. Epub 2014 Nov 6. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary GPs' rate of identification of patients with palliative care needs Each GP will have to identify, before each intervention, from a set of fictitious clinical cases constructed for this purpose, which patients need palliative care. After each intervention, they will re-evaluate the same clinical cases and will be asked to identify again which patients need palliative care.
Each intervention will be measured according to the identification accuracy.
2 weeks
Primary Prevalence geriatric patients with palliative care needs Number (% of patients) of geriatric patients, managed in primary care in Center Healthcare Administrative Region, with palliative care needs. 6 months
Primary Sociodemographic characteristics of geriatric patients with palliative care needs Age (in years), sex (male or female), marital status (single, married, divorced, widow, marriage) and job of geriatric patients, managed in primary care in Center Healthcare Administrative Region, with palliative care needs. 6 months
Primary Clinical characteristics of geriatric patients with palliative care need Main diseases, main symptoms, number of contacts with GP/year of geriatric patients, managed in primary care in Center Healthcare Administrative Region, with palliative care needs. 6 months
Primary Complexity of geriatric patients with palliative care need Complexity of of geriatric patients, managed in primary care in Center Healthcare Administrative Region, with palliative care needs, evaluated using ICD-Pal tool 6 months
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