Implementing Spiritual Care in Inpatient Palliative Care

Studien-Informationen Einschlusskriterien Studien-Rationale Studien-Arme Geprüfte Regime

Rekrutierend

NCT-Nummer:
NCT06206551

Studienbeginn:
Dezember 2023

Letztes Update:
16.01.2024

Wirkstoff:
-

Indikation (Clinical Trials):
Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Motor Neuron Disease

Geschlecht:
Alle

Altersgruppe:
Erwachsene (18+)

Phase:
-

Sponsor:
University Hospital Muenster

Collaborator:
-

Studienleiter

Philipp Lenz, Prof. Dr. med.
Principal Investigator
University Hospital Muenster

Kontakt

Philipp Lenz, Prof. Dr. med.
Kontakt:
Phone: +49 (0)251 8353052
E-Mail: philipp.lenz@ukmuenster.de» Kontaktdaten anzeigen

Studienlocations
(1 von 1)

University Hospital Muenster
48149 Muenster
(Nordrhein-Westfalen)
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Ansprechpartner:
Philipp Lenz, Prof. Dr. med.
Phone: +49 (0)251 8353052
E-Mail: philipp.lenz@ukmuenster.de» Ansprechpartner anzeigen

Studien-Informationen

Brief Summary:

The goal of this observational study is to is to ascertain the spiritual needs of palliative

patients in a standardized manner using the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire and to promptly

address those needs by (specialized) spiritual care.

To determine whether the effort of implementing the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire on a

sustainable basis on the one hand brings the expected benefit to the patients and on the

other hand can be provided by the pastoral care personnel, at Muenster University Hospital

(specialized) spiritual care interventions will be documented in detail and retrospectively

and prospectively collected data will be compared.

Ein-/Ausschlusskriterien

Inclusion Criteria:

- All individual indication for general and specialised Palliative Care in clinical

setting/routine (e.g.):

- Progressive, malign tumours

- Progressive, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

- Patients with progressive disease and limited life expectancy (< ca. 12 months)

- Patients attended by Palliative Caregivers in counselling services or on palliative

ward

- Life expectancy > 2 weeks

- Sufficient comprehension of German language and writing that allows an autonomous or

supported completion of the questionnaire.

- Existence of an independently signed written consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Severe cognitive impairment

- capacity for consent lacking or impaired

- impaired comprehension of German language and writing that would not allow an

autonomous or supported completion of the questionnaire.

Studien-Rationale

Primary outcome:

1. Feasibility of standardized and evidence-based recordation and implementation of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care (Time Frame - 6 months):
Feasibility of standardized and evidence-based recordation and implementation of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care based on the number of interventions provided by general and/or specialized Spiritual Care for patients with ascertained needs detected by the validated Spiritual Needs Questionnaire in German language.

Secondary outcome:

1. Recordation of needs for general / specialized spiritual care in palliative care (Time Frame - 6 months):
Recordation of needs for general / specialized spiritual care in palliative care consultation service and palliative ward of a university tertiary care hospital.

2. Differences in use and outcomes comparing standardised and non-standardised evaluation of spiritual care needs (comparison with retrospective data). (Time Frame - 6 months):
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3. Examination of further descriptive and analysing comparisons of retrospective data and intervention group. (Time Frame - 6 months):
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Studien-Arme

Prospective patients
Patients who are on the palliative care ward or who are being treated by the palliative consultation service at the University Hospital Muenster.
Restrospective patients
Patients who were on the palliative care ward or were treated by the palliative consultation service at University Hospital Muenster during the same period in the previous year.

Geprüfte Regime

Spiritual Needs Questionnaire:
This questionnaire captures the spiritual needs of patients and is used in its short version (screener).This questionnaire is used as part of standard treatment for all palliative care inpatients.

Quelle: ClinicalTrials.gov

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