An interventional study of Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care in Palliative Care and Primary Health Care, sponsored by Bert Leysen. Completed at 4 sites in Belgium. Open to participants aged 45 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-11-29.
Sponsored by Bert Leysen · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
It is important to provide high quality palliative care to all patients with a non-curable and life-limiting condition. The Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care (CPPPC) provides tools for health care professionals to help them delivering palliative care timely and accurately.This study investigates whether the implementation of the CPPPC really helps to improve patients' lifes.
This is the only study on the registry with Bert Leysen as lead sponsor.
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Exclusion Criteria:
The first Dutch-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors are implementing the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from October 2014.
Other: Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
The first French-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors are implementing the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from November 2014.
Other: Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
The only bilingual Dutch/French-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors are implementing the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from December 2014.
Other: Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
The second Dutch-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors will implement the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from April 2015.
Other: Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
A second French-speaking research cluster in a stepped wedge cluster design. Family doctors will implement the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care and will recruit eligible patients from October 2015.
Other: Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
Early identification of palliative care patients, anticipatory care planning, systematic symptom assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous follow-up of the functional status of the patient and giving attention to the informal care givers.
Also known as: CPPPC
percentage of deaths occurred in the hospital (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster)
The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the percentage of deaths occurred in the hospital
Time frame: 6 months
cost of health care consumption in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster)
The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the cost of health care consumption in the last year of life
Time frame: 6 months
consumption of antibiotics in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster)
The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the consumption of antibiotics in the last year of life
Time frame: 6 months
consumption of pain killers in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster)
The hypothesis is that the CPPPC augments the consumption of pain killers in the last year of life
Time frame: 6 months
consumption of (invasive) diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster)
The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the consumption of (invasive) diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the last year of life
Time frame: 6 months
This study is completed, as verified in Nov 2017. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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