NCT02861625

CONDOL01: Evaluation on the Experience of Bereavement, of a Medical Consultation, Proposed by a Letter of CONDOLence to the Patients' Relatives Versus Standard Practice After the Death of the Patient

CONDOL01: Evaluation on the Experience of Bereavement, of a Medical Consultation, Proposed by a Letter of CONDOLence to the Patients' Relatives Versus Standard Practice After the Death of the Patient: A Multicenter, Randomized Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 432 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Institut Paoli-Calmettes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized multicenter study is to evaluate the impact in offering the condolence letter to the family caregivers (indicated as the reliable person by the patient himself at each hospitalization) and a bereavement consultation with the reference physician.

Detailed description

The hypothesis is that offering the opportunity to clarify questions about the patients' terminal care will influence positively the grieving process. In particular, the study team hypothesized that psychological morbidity will be reduced (main objective) as well as some aspects of QOL (secondary objective). It is also assumed that the situations of conflict (solicitations for medical records, number of legal procedures) will be reduced.

Conditions

• Caregivers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Letter of condolence and post-death medical consultation	Process of sending a letter of condolence with consultation proposition.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-24
• Primary completion: 2022-06-04
• Completion: 2022-06-04
• First posted: 2016-08-10
• Last updated: 2020-01-10

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: France