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Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic (XPHI-COVID19)

Primary Purpose

Morals

Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Choices and judgements
Sponsored by
University Hospital, Caen
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional other trial for Morals focused on measuring morals, ethics, moral judgements, moral choices, covid 19, survey, utilitarianism, deontology, oxford utilitarianism scale

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 99 Years (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All caregivers from french public healthcare center with Intensive Care Unit
  • Agreement

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Refuse to participate or withdraw agreement

Sites / Locations

    Arms of the Study

    Arm 1

    Arm 2

    Arm Type

    No Intervention

    Active Comparator

    Arm Label

    Choices then judgements

    Judgements then choices

    Arm Description

    Switch in the order of clinical cases in the survey

    Outcomes

    Primary Outcome Measures

    Oxford Utilitarianism Scale
    Two-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology

    Secondary Outcome Measures

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    First Posted
    August 31, 2020
    Last Updated
    September 8, 2020
    Sponsor
    University Hospital, Caen
    Collaborators
    University of Geneva, Switzerland
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    1. Study Identification

    Unique Protocol Identification Number
    NCT04542122
    Brief Title
    Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
    Acronym
    XPHI-COVID19
    Official Title
    Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Experimental Study
    Study Type
    Interventional

    2. Study Status

    Record Verification Date
    July 2020
    Overall Recruitment Status
    Unknown status
    Study Start Date
    September 3, 2020 (Anticipated)
    Primary Completion Date
    April 30, 2021 (Anticipated)
    Study Completion Date
    August 2, 2021 (Anticipated)

    3. Sponsor/Collaborators

    Responsible Party, by Official Title
    Sponsor
    Name of the Sponsor
    University Hospital, Caen
    Collaborators
    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    4. Oversight

    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
    No
    Data Monitoring Committee
    No

    5. Study Description

    Brief Summary
    The XPHI-COVID19 randomized study aims to investigate the mechanisms of moral judgements in a population of caregivers, using a survey, with the results to the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale as primary outcome.

    6. Conditions and Keywords

    Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
    Morals
    Keywords
    morals, ethics, moral judgements, moral choices, covid 19, survey, utilitarianism, deontology, oxford utilitarianism scale

    7. Study Design

    Primary Purpose
    Other
    Study Phase
    Not Applicable
    Interventional Study Model
    Crossover Assignment
    Masking
    ParticipantInvestigatorOutcomes Assessor
    Allocation
    Randomized
    Enrollment
    500 (Anticipated)

    8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

    Arm Title
    Choices then judgements
    Arm Type
    No Intervention
    Arm Title
    Judgements then choices
    Arm Type
    Active Comparator
    Arm Description
    Switch in the order of clinical cases in the survey
    Intervention Type
    Behavioral
    Intervention Name(s)
    Choices and judgements
    Intervention Description
    In the intervention arm, the participant is asked to answer clinical cases in a reverse order from the control group (control has to make moral choices then judge somebody else's choices ; intervention has to judge moral choices first, then make his own)
    Primary Outcome Measure Information:
    Title
    Oxford Utilitarianism Scale
    Description
    Two-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology
    Time Frame
    Up to one year

    10. Eligibility

    Sex
    All
    Minimum Age & Unit of Time
    18 Years
    Maximum Age & Unit of Time
    99 Years
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    Eligibility Criteria
    Inclusion Criteria: All caregivers from french public healthcare center with Intensive Care Unit Agreement Exclusion Criteria: Refuse to participate or withdraw agreement
    Central Contact Person:
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
    Clement GAKUBA, MD PhD
    Phone
    +33231064736
    Email
    gakuba-c@chu-caen.fr
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
    Florian COVA, PhD
    Email
    Florian.Cova@unige.ch
    Overall Study Officials:
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
    Clement GAKUBA, MD PhD
    Organizational Affiliation
    University Hospital, Caen
    Official's Role
    Principal Investigator

    12. IPD Sharing Statement

    Plan to Share IPD
    No
    Citations:
    PubMed Identifier
    29265854
    Citation
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    Results Reference
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    PubMed Identifier
    21278402
    Citation
    Garbutt G, Davies P. Should the practice of medicine be a deontological or utilitarian enterprise? J Med Ethics. 2011 May;37(5):267-70. doi: 10.1136/jme.2010.036111. Epub 2011 Jan 29.
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    PubMed Identifier
    30064654
    Citation
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    PubMed Identifier
    31267194
    Citation
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    32202722
    Citation
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    Citation
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