Implementing Spiritual Care in Inpatient Palliative Care

N/ACompletedNCT06206551

University Hospital Muenster100 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this observational study is to is to ascertain the spiritual needs of palliative patients in a standardized manner using the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire and to promptly address those needs by (specialized) spiritual care. To determine whether the effort of implementing the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire on a sustainable basis on the one hand brings the expected benefit to the patients and on the other hand can be provided by the pastoral care personnel, at Muenster University Hospital (specialized) spiritual care interventions will be documented in detail and retrospectively and prospectively collected data will be compared.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Cancer Heart Failure Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Lateral Sclerosis

Interventions

This questionnaire captures the spiritual needs of patients and is used in its short version (screener).This questionnaire is used as part of standard treatment for all palliative care inpatients.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All individual indication for general and specialised Palliative Care in clinical setting/routine (e.g.): * Progressive, malign tumours * Progressive, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * Patients with progressive disease and limited life expectancy (\< ca. 12 months) * Patients attended by Palliative Caregivers in counselling services or on palliative ward * Life expectancy \> 2 weeks * Sufficient comprehension of German language and writing that allows an autonomous or supported completion of the questionnaire. * Existence of an independently signed written consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive impairment * capacity for consent lacking or impaired * impaired comprehension of German language and writing that would not allow an autonomous or supported completion of the questionnaire.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility of standardized and evidence-based recordation and implementation of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care

Feasibility of standardized and evidence-based recordation and implementation of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care based on the number of interventions provided by general and/or specialized Spiritual Care for patients with ascertained needs detected by the validated Spiritual Needs Questionnaire in German language.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Recordation of needs for general / specialized spiritual care in palliative care

Recordation of needs for general / specialized spiritual care in palliative care consultation service and palliative ward of a university tertiary care hospital.

Time frame: 6 months

Differences in use and outcomes comparing standardised and non-standardised evaluation of spiritual care needs (comparison with retrospective data).

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Time frame: 6 months

Examination of further descriptive and analysing comparisons of retrospective data and intervention group.

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Time frame: 6 months

Implementing Spiritual Care in Inpatient Palliative Care

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes