Last 3 Months of Life in Home Ventilated Patients

February 3, 2016 updated by: Michele Vitacca, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

Italian Multicenter Survey on the Last 3 Months of Life in Patients Ventilated at Home

To verify with a specific questionnaire, the families' perceived quality of end-of-life care and of dying in the last 3 months of life of 168 patients (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-Restrictive disorders-Neuromuscular disease- others) with chronic respiratory failure needing domiciliary mechanical ventilation (MV).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants: 168 patients' relatives presenting five categories of diseases (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Amyothrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-Restrictive disorders-Neuromuscular disease- others) answered to questionnaire.

Interventions: none Measurements and Main Results: 35 questions grouped in 6 specific domains (Control of pain and symptoms (domain 1-D1), awareness of disease (D2), family burden (D3), the process of dying (D4), medical troubles including hospitalizations (D5) and technical problems linked to MV(D6) were asked after the patient's death to a family member by means of a face to face interview. Answers to the binary 35-item questionnaire were distributed into just two clusters per each domain.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

180

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
    • BS
      • Lumezzane, BS, Italy, 25065
        • FSM Respiratory Unit

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Home MV patients in the last 3 months of life

Description

Inclusion criteria:

All patients mechanically ventilated at home who died

Exclusion criteria:

patients with cancer

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
family burden
chronich respiratory failure home ventilated patients
Other: survey administration
application of a family survey on last 3 months of life for their relatives under HMV
Other Names:
  • caregiver burden

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
level of family burden
Time Frame: 3 months after patient's death
3 months after patient's death

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
influence of diagnosis and modality of ventilation
Time Frame: 3 months after patient's death
3 months after patient's death

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michele Vitacca, MD, Fondazione S. Maugeri IRCCS

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 31, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 1, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

November 2, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 4, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 3, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • N°159

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