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Implementing Spiritual Care in Inpatient Palliative Care (SCPC)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06206551
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : January 16, 2024
Last Update Posted : January 16, 2024
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University Hospital Muenster

Study Description
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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.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment
Cancer Heart Failure Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Lateral Sclerosis Other: Spiritual Needs Questionnaire

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Estimated Enrollment : 300 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Other
Official Title: Implementing Spiritual Care in Inpatient Palliative Care
Actual Study Start Date : December 1, 2023
Estimated Primary Completion Date : May 31, 2024
Estimated Study Completion Date : December 31, 2024

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MedlinePlus related topics: Palliative Care

Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
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.
 Other: 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.
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.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  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 Measures :
  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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Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
The study population consists of patients assigned to general and specialized Palliative Care due to justifying indications like progressive malign and non-malign diseases that need inpatient treatment provided by either counselling services or on palliative ward.
Criteria

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.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT06206551


Contacts
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Contact: Philipp Lenz, Prof. Dr. med. +49 (0)251 8353052 philipp.lenz@ukmuenster.de

Locations
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Germany
University Hospital Muenster Recruiting
Muenster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 48149
Contact: Philipp Lenz, Prof. Dr. med.    +49 (0)251 8353052    philipp.lenz@ukmuenster.de   
Sponsors and Collaborators
University Hospital Muenster
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Philipp Lenz, Prof. Dr. med. University Hospital Muenster
More Information
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Responsible Party: University Hospital Muenster
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06206551    
Other Study ID Numbers: 2023-465-b-S
First Posted: January 16, 2024    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: January 16, 2024
Last Verified: January 2024
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Motor Neuron Disease
Pathologic Processes
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
 Chronic Disease
Disease Attributes
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases