Advance Directive Implementation and Scientific Evaluation Study

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Conditions studied: Loss of Capability of Judgement

In brief

This study is to better understand the use of advance directives, their implementation in the intensive care unit, and their effects on outcome. Data from the digital medical records of all consecutive adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit at the University Hospital Basel from 2011 to 2023 are retrospectively extracted. Descriptive analyses will be applied to report the proportion of patients with an advance directive. In-hospital outcome (defined as survival, Glasgow Outcome Score, and return of neurologic function to premorbid baseline) will be compared between patients with and without advanced directives

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04348318

Run by

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

People needed

2000

Starts

2021-08-03

Expected to finish

2050-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adult patients treated for more than 48 hours in the intensive care unit (post-operative or internal medicine) of the University Hospital Basel in the years 2011-2023

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with documented refusal of the general consent.
• Patients who have been treated in the intensive care unit for less than 48 hours

Where it is running

• Kantonsspital Aarau — Aarau, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Clinic for Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Basel — Basel, Switzerland (enrolling)

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