Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Establishment of Accommodation for Dependent Old Persons.

The main aim of this project is to analyze and understand the meaning of explicit requests to hasten death (euthanasia and assisted suicide) from older people living in an Establishment of accommodation for dependent old persons.

This involves conducting interviews with patients, carers to whom the request has been expressed and a relative chosen by the patient. This study aims to describe the request over time. This will be done through two series of interviews, one as soon as it is first expressed, then one week later.

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Key information

Conditions

Qualitative Research Aging Assisted Suicide Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Euthanasia Self-Injurious Behavior Suicide Suicide, Assisted

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Clinical Investigation Center

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 25000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

They live in an establishment of accommodation for dependent old persons
They have to be ill.
They have request for euthanasie or assisted suicide
They are in capacity to meet researchers for interview,
They aggreed to make an individual interview
They are covered by the French social security system

Exclusion criteria

They have neurocognitives disorders that can't allow an individual interview
They did not express themselves a request for euthanasia ou assisted suicide
They disagreed to participate

Treatment and study plan

Qualitative interview

Other

individual qualitative interview

Primary outcomes

Qualitative analyse

Time frame: One year

Describe, analyze and understand the content, the meaning and factors of evolution of euthanasia or assisted suicide's requests, by crossing the speech of residents, caregivers and family.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Other

Registry information

Acronym: DESAGE

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Nov 27, 2017
Registry last updated: Sep 14, 2023

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