Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying at Residential Care Homes

Umeå University

Status: Completed

Conditions: End-of-life Care

Treatments: Other: Liverpool care pathway

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01428206

LCP001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) was developed to transfer the care practice from the hospice setting to the hospital setting in UK. LCP is a pathway with standardized registration method to monitor the care and its results. The primary aim is to study the effects of LCP on dying patients symptom burden and communication with close relatives and health care professionals.

Full description

All residential care homes in Skellefteå municipality are included in the study and randomized either to control or intervention group. During the baseline period the care is provided as usual. During the intervention period the LCP is used for patients for whom the dying phase is diagnosed in the intervention group. Usual care is performed for the control group. After death of a patient a close relative fill in a questionnaire.

Enrollment: 260 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• nursing homes in Skellefteå municipality, Sweden

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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260 participants in 2 patient groups

Liverpool care pathway

Other group

Description:

Liverpool care pathway for dying at nursing homes

Treatment:

Other: Liverpool care pathway

control

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care is performed for the control group