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Basic Implementation Approach vs Enhanced Implementation Approach: Presence of a Pastoral Care Visit

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Measures6

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

MeasureValue95% interval, lower95% interval, upperMethodNote
Risk in group 10.6980.6740.72wilson
Risk in group 20.7530.7320.773wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 2-0.0556-0.0865-0.0247newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 20.9260.8870.967log
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 20.7560.6470.883log
Number needed to treat, for one fewer participant with the outcome on Basic Implementation Approach than on Enhanced Implementation Approach1811.640.5from the risk difference interval

Groups2

Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1Basic Implementation Approach
Basic approach to implementing a Comfort Care Education Intervention utilizing the established infrastructure of Palliative Care Consult Teams~Basic Implementation Approach: Comfort Care Education Intervention utilizing the established infrastructure of Palliative Care Consult Teams, using a Basic Implementation Approach with a teleconference to review educational materials and activate PCCTs to educate other providers.
1,0601,519OG000
Group 2Enhanced Implementation Approach
Enhanced approach to implementing a Comfort Care Education Intervention utilizing the established infrastructure of Palliative Care Consult Teams~Enhanced Implementation Approach: Comfort Care Education Intervention utilizing the established infrastructure of Palliative Care Consult Teams, using an Enhanced Implementation Approach with in-person, train-the-champion workshops to prepare PCCT members to be leaders and trainers at their home sites
1,2711,687OG001

Outcome

Type
SECONDARY
Title
Presence of a Pastoral Care Visit
Description
presence of a pastoral care visit in the last 7 days of life
Time frame
last 7 days of life for veterans who died in the 9 months following the intervention period
Population
Veterans who died as inpatients in acute care units of VA Medical Centers

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
Evaluation of Methods for Implementation of a Comfort Care Order Set
NCT number
NCT02383173
Phases
NA
Conditions
Terminal Conditions, End of Life
Interventions
Basic Implementation Approach, Enhanced Implementation Approach
Lead sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
Results first posted
2020-12-08

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Source

Release
trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
Release manifest SHA-256
f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
AACT copy
2026-03-23
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outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
Each source's terms
  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.

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