Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (EPIDESA2)

Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide : Epidemiological Study Conducted as Part of the Establishment of a Structured Network

The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself, regardless of which professional is asked and regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including nursing home care or at home) in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region during six months.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Suicide, Assisted
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaires completion

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 65

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Besancon, France, 25000
    • CHRU Besançon

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including EHPADs or at home) in the regions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté during six months.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Any adult :

• Living at home, or in medico-social institutions or hospitalized in primary care or health institutions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté,
• At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,
• Who expressed an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,
• Who expressed their no objection to the collection of their datas,
• Who are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion Criteria:

• They are underage
• The request was expressed by another person
• The request is not an explicit request
• The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health
• The patient is mentally confused

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Census of requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide in Burgundy-Franche-Comté	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
• Collaborators: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon; Centre Hospitalier de l'Agglomération de Nevers; Centre Hospitalier William Morey - Chalon sur Saône; Centre Hospitalier Auxerre; Centre Hospitalier Pontarlier; Centre Hospitalier de Haute Saône; Centre Hospitalier du Val de Saône; Centre Hospitalier Louis Pasteur; Centre Hospitalier Champagnole; Centre Hospitalier Lons le Saunier; Centre Hospitalier Saint Claude; Centre Hospitalier Belfort Montbéliard; Centre Hospitalier Beaune; Centre Hospitalier Chatillon Montbard; Centre Hospitalier Macon; Centre Hospitalier de Monceau les Mines; Centre Hospitalier Paray le Monial; Centre Hospitalier Sens; Centre Hospitalier Tonnerre; Centre Hospitalier Joigny; Réseau Opale; Réseau Départemental de Soins Palliatifs de la Nièvre; Groupement des Professionnels de Santé du Pays Beaunois; Réseau ARESPA; Réseau Pléiade

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 21, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): July 26, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 17, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 16, 2018
• Last Verified: July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Palliative Care; Euthanasia; Epidemiologic Studies
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Self-Injurious Behavior; Suicide; Suicide, Assisted
• Other Study ID Numbers: EPIDESA2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO