Implementing Spiritual Care in Inpatient Palliative Care (SCPC)

University Hospital Muenster

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Heart Failure; Cancer; Lateral Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: Spiritual Needs Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06206551

2023-465-b-S

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

300 participants in 2 patient groups

Prospective patients

Description:

Patients who are on the palliative care ward or who are being treated by the palliative consultation service at the University Hospital Muenster.

Treatment:

Other: Spiritual Needs Questionnaire

Restrospective patients

Description:

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.