Improving Quality of Care for the Dying Patient in Hospice: A Quasi Experimental Trial in Liguria Region

Regional Palliative Care Network

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: End-of-Life

Treatments: Other: LCP Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01470625

LCP-I LIG

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a before-after phase II study, according to the Medical Research Council framework, investigating the feasibility of introducing the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) in 5 Ligurian hospices.

Enrollment: 282 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients deceased in the hospice during the evaluation period
• Approval of ethics committee

Exclusion criteria

• Prior use of LCP in the hospice
• Deceased was a relative of a hospice member of staff

Trial design

282 participants in 1 patient group

LCP Program

Other group

Description:

The LCP Program is continuous quality improvement program of end-of-life care implemented in hospice

Treatment:

Other: LCP Program