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Effect of the 3 Wishes Program on Bereaved Families' End-of-Life Care Perceptions

NCT05128799 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 314

Last updated 2021-12-02

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Summary

Dying in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be a source of trauma for patients and their families. The 3 Wishes Program is a palliative care initiative in which healthcare workers fulfills small wishes to provide a personalized, humanizing experience at the end of life (EOL) for dying patient and their families. The investigators' objective is to assess families' ratings of EOL care for ICU decedents who received the 3WP as part of their EOL care versus usual care.

Conditions

  • End of Life
  • Death

Interventions

OTHER

3 Wishes Program (3WP)

The 3 Wishes Program (3WP) is a palliative care intervention in which small wishes are implemented by healthcare workers (HCWs) in an effort to improve the EOL experience for dying patients and their families. Examples of wishes include playing the patient's favorite music, providing a non-hospital blanket, orchestrating a final "date night," decorating a patient's room to reflect their identify, and providing grieving family members with keepsakes such as thumbprint keychains, framed EKG mementos, or word clouds.

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Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-08
Primary Completion
2021-07-04
Completion
2021-11-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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