NCT02266069

PROject - Supportive and Palliative Care and INnOvation - Antwerp (Pro-Spinoza)

Implementation of the Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care in Five Research Clusters in Belgium

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bert Leysen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

It is important to provide high quality palliative care to all patients with a non-curable and life-limiting condition. The Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care (CPPPC) provides tools for health care professionals to help them delivering palliative care timely and accurately.This study investigates whether the implementation of the CPPPC really helps to improve patients' lifes.

Conditions

• Palliative Care
• Primary Health Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care	Early identification of palliative care patients, anticipatory care planning, systematic symptom assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous follow-up of the functional status of the patient and giving attention to the informal care givers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2014-10-16
• Last updated: 2017-11-29

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Belgium