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Registration number
ACTRN12606000217505
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
30/05/2006
Date registered
31/05/2006
Date last updated
31/05/2006
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The family meeting as an instrument for the spiritual care of palliative patients and their families - does it help?
Scientific title
The family meeting as an instrument for the spiritual care of palliative patients and their families in order to implement a Family Meeting model of spiritual care in a palliative care setting and evaluate its effectiveness from the viewpoint of all stakeholders
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Terminal Illness 1195 0
Condition category
Condition code
Alternative and Complementary Medicine 1280 1280 0 0
Spiritual care

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Spiritual care in a palliative care setting. Initial meeting varies in length from family to family and also depends on the number of people present. Estimated length 1.5 hours. Follow up is a one on one interview, this also varies in length but is estimated to be between 20 and 40 minutes.
The date and time of the follow up meeting is set for the convenience of the participant but is usually 2-7 days after the initial meeting.
Intervention code [1] 1078 0
None
Comparator / control treatment
No comparator.
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 1730 0
Evaluation of the Family Meeting
Timepoint [1] 1730 0
In depth interviews with all of the participants will follow the Family Meeting. The in-depth interview, which is the follow up meeting is usually 2 - 7 days after the initial meeting. Data will be analysed using the process of Thematic Analysis (Crotty 1998; Silverman 2000)
Secondary outcome [1] 3086 0
None
Timepoint [1] 3086 0

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Considered able, by the attending medical staff, to be present at and participate in the Family MeetingPatients who are aware of the terminal nature of their illness and whose prognosis for life is less than 3 monthsPatients who are able to converese in english.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
Not stated
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Any participant who does not meet the above selection criteria Any patient due to physical or mental illness is unable to participate in the Family meeting Any participant whi is unable to read and write in english and hence anable to give appropriate consent Any participant who at any time during the study requests withdrawal.

Study design
Purpose
Psychosocial
Duration
Cross-sectional
Selection
Defined population
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/01/2006
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
20
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 1402 0
Hospital
Name [1] 1402 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Country [1] 1402 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
Hospital
Name
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Address
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 1232 0
Other
Name [1] 1232 0
None
Address [1] 1232 0
Country [1] 1232 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 2754 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Ethics committee address [1] 2754 0
Ethics committee country [1] 2754 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 2754 0
Approval date [1] 2754 0
29/08/2005
Ethics approval number [1] 2754 0
050811

Summary
Brief summary
To assess the role and effectiveness of the family meeting in the spiritual care of palliative patients and their families. The study looks at spirituality and spiritual care in a very broad way. This includes such things as attitude to life, reviewing life, bringing closure to things that have happened, foregiveness of self and others, having hope, finding meaning and purpose in the things that have happened in your life. For some people it will also include religious practices and beliefs.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 35215 0
Address 35215 0
Country 35215 0
Phone 35215 0
Fax 35215 0
Email 35215 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 10267 0
Heather Tan
Address 10267 0
Department of General Practice
University of Adelaide
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Country 10267 0
Australia
Phone 10267 0
+61 8 82224000
Fax 10267 0
Email 10267 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 1195 0
Nancy Olszewski
Address 1195 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital
North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Country 1195 0
Australia
Phone 1195 0
+61 8 82224765
Fax 1195 0
+61 8 82224358
Email 1195 0
[email protected]

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