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A Multidimensional Strategy to Improve Quality of Life of Patients With Multiple Symptoms and Palliative Care Needs

NCT03665168 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 659

Last updated 2024-04-19

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Summary

A nationwide, cross-sectional study, to determine the prevalence of symptoms of patients in the palliative phase in various care settings will be performed within a set period of two weeks in September 2018 and two weeks in November 2018. The participating settings will be selected by a total of seven coordinators, one for each consortium of palliative care in the Netherlands. To identify common combinations of symptoms and for multidimensional screening the Utrecht Symptom Diary-4 Dimensional (USD-4D) and Utrecht Symptom Diary (USD), a Dutch instrument based on the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale, will be used. The current protocol focuses on the cross-sectional study.

Conditions

  • Palliative Medicine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medical Center Groningen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • An KL Reyners, MD, PhD · University Medical Center Groningen

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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