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Advanced care planning procedure in older patients at a high risk of death after discharge from the acute geriatric unit : a study protocol
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The SAPHARI (“Home-based Nurse Intervention in the Care of High-Risk-of-Death Patients after Discharge from a Geriatric Department”) prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label study has been designed to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing advance care planning (ACP) in older patients at a high risk of death. Patients aged 75 or over, at a high risk of death (according to the DAMAGE prognostic score) and discharged alive to home or to a nursing home from an acute geriatric unit will be included and followed up for 12 months. We plan to randomize 104 patients into a control group or an intervention group. The patients in the intervention group will receive an in-home intervention by an expert advanced practice nurse trained in the implementation of ACP. The primary outcome will focus on the intervention's feasibility: the proportion of patients included and randomized, the proportion completing in the study, and the proportion having engaged in ACP within a month of discharge. A secondary efficacy outcome will be compliance with advance directives (drafted at the time of ACP) at 12 months in each of the two study groups. Symptom's of anxiety and depression, the intervention's acceptability, and changes in quality of life will be documented in patients, family carers, and professional caregivers. The patients' and caregivers' experience of the intervention will be explored in qualitative analyses. Lastly, the intervention's implementation will be analyzed, with a view to understanding the results and identifying factors that will foster generalization of the conclusions. Through this project, we hope to lay the foundations for better care of very frail older patients at the end of life. The results of our study will provide robust, scientific evidence to fuel the long-standing but evolving social and political debate over the right to a dignified end of life.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494325000937
Voir la revue «Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 134»
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