Do we Prepare Patients for Their Digital Legacy? A Survey of Palliative Care Professionals in the West Midlands

October 22, 2019 updated by: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Conduct a questionnaire survey of palliative care professionals including doctors, nurses and social workers currently working within the West Midlands to establish how much the palliative care community in the West Midlands engage in preparing patients for their digital legacy and find out if there is a further education need in this community about digital legacy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

210

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, WV3 9DH
        • Compton Hospice

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Palliative care professionals (medical, nursing and social worker) affiliated to a hospice in the West Midlands.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Palliative care professionals (medical, nursing and social worker) affiliated to a hospice in the West Midlands.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Medical, nursing or social worker not working in a hospice in the West Midlands.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Professionals' behaviour.
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Questionnaire establishing a baseline measure from which to monitor changes over time in professionals' behaviour.
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hazel Coop, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 27, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 26, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

June 26, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 14, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

March 27, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 23, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 22, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2017PAL90

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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