Clinical Characteristics and Discharge Assessment of Patients From Palliative Care

The number of people having chronic diseases and the demand for palliative care has increased. The factors that have an impact on length of stay and discharge of patient who were admitted to palliative care center will be investigated.

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Key information

Conditions

Critical Illness Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospital

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Adult patients admitted to the Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Teaching and Research Hospitals Palliative Care Unit between August 2018 and September 2020 and discharged to their home will be retrospectively evaluated.

Patient's age, gender, diagnosis, conditions/comorbidities, Karnofsky Performance Scale, discharge status (death, intensive care unit or at home), gastrostomy status, presence of tracheostomy and/or mechanical ventilation, nutritional status (total parenteral nutrition or enteral nutrition), pressure ulcers, the lowest and highest recorded hemoglobin concentration, white blood cell count and serum sodium concentration and the education level of the patient and the caregiver will be recorded. Patients will be grouped according to length of stay (LOS) as Group 1: discharged in equal or less than 21 days or Group 2: Prolonged discharged in longer than 21 days and analysed accordingly

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients admitted to the palliative care unit

Exclusion criteria

Patients not consenting to participate the study

Treatment and study plan

Discharged ≤ 21 days

Other

Discharged from palliative care unit in equal less than 21 days

Prolonged discharge

Other

Discharged from palliative care unit in longer than 21 days

Primary outcomes

Length of stay

Time frame: 24 hours after discharge

Length of stay will be determined after discharge

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Clinical Characteristics and Discharge Assessment of Patients in a Recent Founded Palliative Care Unit

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Feb 16, 2021
Registry last updated: Jul 14, 2021

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