Evaluation of States in Major Depressive Patients With Cancer, Hospitalized in a Hospital Palliative (DECAPAL)

Centre Francois Baclesse

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: interview with a doctor for evaluating suicide risk

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01593085

DECAPAL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators propose a study that aims to develop a methodology for assessing this risk and the psychological consequences of the malignancy in the palliative phase.

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient (s) age (s) 18 or more
• Patient (s) reach (s) of a cancer palliative stage
• Patient (s) hospital (s) in the palliative care service
• Patient (s) with cognitive function to an interrogation
• Patient (s) having a physical condition for an interview lasting 45 minutes
• Patient (s) that received clear information on the diagnosis and prognosis of their disease.
• Free and informed consent signed

Exclusion criteria

• Patient (s) age (s) under 18 years
• Patient (s) under supervision or unable to give informed consent
• Patient (s) whose cognitive functions do not allow an examination.

Trial design

55 participants in 1 patient group

patients in palliative cares

Description:

patients with cancer in palliative cares An interview and will be offered to this patient during his hospitalization to be held (with the collection of personal and family psychiatric history of the patient, family and social context, the assessment of chronic pain and fatigue and quality of life,assessment of anxiety, Evaluation of symptoms of depression,asessment of suicide risk)

Treatment:

Behavioral: interview with a doctor for evaluating suicide risk