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End-of-life Decision-making in Patients With Sepsis-related Organ Failure

NCT01247792 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 174

Last updated 2017-08-09

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Summary

The care of patients with sepsis-related organ failure on the intensive care unit (ICU) often includes end-of-life decision (EOL-D) and communication of such decisions to relatives. This increases the psychological burden for caregiver and relatives.

The investigators intend to assess the prevalence and impact of EOL-D on ICU care-givers and relatives ("before") and to use this data to develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) for improved decision-making and communication of these decisions ("after").

The hypothesis is that an improved communication strategy will reduce symptoms of burnout in caregivers and symptoms of anxiety and depression in relatives.

Conditions

  • Severe Sepsis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SOPs for decision-making and communication

Development and implementation of SOPs for timely and interdisciplinary EOL-decisionmaking and a communication strategy with relatives which addresses participants, set-up, time-points, and content

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christiane S Hartog, MD · Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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