Practice Analysis of Care, Paraclinical Exams and Treatments Received by Geriatric Patients Both During the Last Week and the Last 24 Hours of Their Lives.

NCT06026241 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: IRBN1162023/CHUSTE
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

End-of-life care is a core topic for geriatricians. One of the key aspects of end-of-life management is deciding when to discontinue active care measures (for example blood pressure monitoring, blood tests and X-rays) in favor of exclusive comfort care. In this retrospective observational study, the investigators looked at the care measures, treatments and paraclinical exams received by geriatric patients both one week and 24 hours before their death.

Conditions

End-of-life Care

Keywords

End of life care; Geriatric; Death

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prevalence of care and treatments received during the last week of life, and during the last 24 hours of life

  To measure the prevalence of care (hemodynamic, biological and radiological monitoring), and to evaluate the treatments received during the last week of life, and during the last 24 hours of life of patients hospitalized and who died in a geriatric short-stay ward.

  In the last week of life and 24 hours before death

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Patient criteria that may have explained the pursuit of care

  In the last week of life and 24 hours before death

Study Arms (1)

Patients over 75 who died in geriatrics

Patients over 75 years old who died in the geriatric short-stay departments of Saint-Etienne University Hospital

Other: Collecting data from the medical record

Interventions

Collecting data from the medical record OTHER

Patient's socio-demographic data (age, gender, residence), comorbidities, cause of death, date and frequency of care measures/treatments/paraclinical exams received before their death.

Patients over 75 who died in geriatrics

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 75 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients over 75 years old who died in the geriatric short-stay departments of Saint-Etienne University Hospital

You may qualify if:

• All patients over 75 years old who died in a geriatric short-stay department at Saint-Etienne University Hospital.

You may not qualify if:

• \- Patients under 75 years old

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Ludovic LAFAIE, MD

  CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Ludovic LAFAIE, MD

CONTACT

(0)477127397; ludovic.lafaie@chu-st-etienne.fr

Solène VALETTE, resident

CONTACT

(0)670511373; solene.valette@hotmail.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2023
• First Posted: September 7, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: March 18, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)