Multidisciplinary Inpatient Palliative Care Intervention
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cerebrovascular Accident, Cancer, Coronary Arteriosclerosis, Heart Failure, Congestive, Diabetes Mellitus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Failure to Thrive, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Dementia, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Pneumonia, Liver Failure, Renal Failure, Respiratory Failure, Stroke
In brief
Palliative care is believed to improve care of patients with life-limiting illnesses. This study evaluated the impact of a multi-center randomized trial of a palliative care team intervention on the quality and cost of care of hospitalized patients. Study subjects were randomized to intervention or usual care. At study end, patients receiving the palliative care intervention reported greater patient satisfaction with their care. Intervention patients also had significantly fewer ICU admissions and lower total costs for care 6 months past their hospitalization. Intervention patients completed more advance directives and had longer hospice stays.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00325611
- Run by
- Kaiser Permanente
- People needed
- 550
- Starts
- 2002-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2004-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2006-05-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adults 18 years and older
- admitted to acute inpatient care who had: (1) a medical diagnosis which was life-threatening, and (2) whose attending physician indicated they "would not be surprised if the patient died within one year".
You may not qualify if…
- 1) they had impaired cognitive status and no caregiver was available to provide consent, (2) were currently enrolled in hospice or other studies involving palliative care, (3) the attending physician did not approve study participation, or (4) their medical condition impaired participation (actively dying, too ill to participate) and no family member was available to provide consent.
Where it is running
- Kaiser Permanente of Colorado — Aurora, Colorado, United States
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