Clinical trial NCT04542122: Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic
Official title: Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Experimental Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Morals
Keywords: morals
ethics
moral judgements
moral choices
covid 19
survey
utilitarianism
deontology
oxford utilitarianism scale
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Caen
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Geneva, Switzerland
First posted: 2020-09-09
Enrollment: 500
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: OTHER

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.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refuse to participate or withdraw agreement

Primary outcomes:
measure: Oxford Utilitarianism Scale
timeFrame: Up to one year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University Hospital, Caen
name: Clement GAKUBA, MD PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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