Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children

• Register: German Clinical Trials Register
• Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
• Main ID: DRKS00013206
• Date of registration: 27/10/2017
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Palliativmedizin
• Public title: Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children
• Scientific title: Interaction at the end of life in dyads of parents and adult children - Dy@EoL
• Date of first enrolment: 22/02/2018
• Target sample size: 48
• Recruitment status: Complete
• URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00013206
• Study type: observational
• Study design: Allocation: ; Masking: ; Control: ; Assignment: ; Study design purpose: supportive care

Countries of recruitment

Germany

Contacts

• Name: Franziska A. Herbst
• Affiliation: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Palliativmedizin

• Name: Franziska A. Herbst
• Affiliation: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Palliativmedizin

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria comprise for dyad A) terminally ill patients 18 years of age or older who are seeking palliative or hospice care and who are in contact with at least one living parent and for dyad B) terminally ill parents who are seeking palliative or hospice care and who are in contact with at least one child age 18 years or older.

Dyads of parents and children related through adoption or fosterage will be included.

Having received comprehensive oral and written information about the nature, the content and aim of the study and about study participation, both patient and family member/s provide written informed consent in order to be eligible to participate as a dyad in this project.

If the terminally ill patient is not available to participate in the study, but agrees that the project team contacts an eligible relative for study participation, this relative will be offered study participation. If one of the dyad partners refuses to participate in the study or withdraws consent before, during or after the study, the already collected data of the respective dyad partner may be used in the study or the planned data collection can take place respectively.

Individuals of both sexes and all ethnic backgrounds independent of their main diagnosis may participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria include (1) significant emotional distress during interview, (2) cognitive impairment such as dementia, (3) non-proficiency in German, (4) patient and/or family member does not consent to participate in the study.

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: None
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Terminally ill adult children who receive palliative and/or hospice care and their parents as well as terminally ill parents who receive palliative and/or hospice care and their adult children

Intervention(s)

Group 1: Patients and relatives are interviewed once via face-to-face qualitative semi-strcutured in-depth interviews and assessed via quantitatvie self-report questionnaires.

Primary Outcome(s)

Qualitative and quantitative overview of characteristics of interaction of both dyads

The qualitative overview is obtained by one-time semi-structured in-depth interviews and the quantitative overview is obtained from questionnaires. The following questionnaires are used: 1) demographic questionnaire, 2) Relationship-specific Attachment Scales for Adults, 3) Berlin Social Support Scales, and 4) Graphic Closeness Scale.

Secondary ID(s)

01GY1711

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Dienstsitz Berlin

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 04/10/2017
Contact:

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Ethikkommission der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover

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Results

• Date Completed: 30/11/2019
• URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00013206#studyResults