Opposition to Diagnostic or Therapeutic Procedures by Aged Hospitalized Patient (OPTAH)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Qualitative Research; Aging; Refusal, Treatment; Epidemiology

Treatments: Other: Census

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03373838

P/2017/349

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main object is to identify and understand why some hospitalized aged patients oppose himself to treatment or diagnosis procedure. This mixed study will used a census in a geriatrics department and a qualitative research.

Full description

To complete qualitative study, interview will also be conducted with : patients, general practitioner, relative and home carers. An observation of geriatric multidisciplinary staff will be done for better understanding of complexity.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• geriatric department inpatient.
• presenting opposition to medical or diagnosis procedure
• covered by French Social Security System
• agreed to participate to the study

Exclusion criteria

• They did not express himself an opposition
• They disagree to participated
• For qualitative research only : major neurocognitive disorder (MMSE <10).

Trial design

35 participants in 2 patient groups

Census

Description:

Epidemiological study. Sociodemographic and medical survey.

Treatment:

Other: Census

Qualitative interview

Description:

Individual qualitative interview.

Treatment:

Other: Census