NCT03775304

Evaluation of End of Life Quality of Care

Evaluation of the Relevance Indicators of Quality of Care for Dying Patients Based on Analysis of Care and Follow-up Course of the Leonetti Law. EFIQUAVIE Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 997 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The study uses a mixed method study to evaluate wether the use of the indicators of the Quality of end-of-life cancer care, developed by Earle et al \[Earle JCO 2003; DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.03.059\] would be relevant and measurable in France. The qualitative part of study was designed to investigate the representations of quality by face-to face interviews with family carer of recently deceased cancer patients, and with their oncologists, and nurses. The quantitative part of the study, consisted in a decedents case series analysis, diagnosed with advanced cancer and followed up in 5 centers. Data on trajectory of care were collected from different complementary sources associating national mortality data, hospital activity data, and health records. The study was approved by the French data protection authority (CNIL) number 611273.

Conditions

• Neoplasm Malignant
• Quality of Life
• End of Life Care

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-15
• Completion: 2015-12-15
• First posted: 2018-12-13
• Last updated: 2018-12-13

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: France