Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04542122

Last Updated: 2020-09-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-03

Study Completion Date

2021-08-02

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Morals

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Choices then judgements

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Judgements then choices

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Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Choices and judgements

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

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)

Interventions

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Choices and judgements

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)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

* Refuse to participate or withdraw agreement
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Geneva, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Caen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Clement GAKUBA, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Caen

Central Contacts

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Clement GAKUBA, MD PhD

Role: CONTACT

+33231064736

Florian COVA, PhD

Role: CONTACT

References

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Kahane G, Everett JAC, Earp BD, Caviola L, Faber NS, Crockett MJ, Savulescu J. Beyond sacrificial harm: A two-dimensional model of utilitarian psychology. Psychol Rev. 2018 Mar;125(2):131-164. doi: 10.1037/rev0000093. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29265854 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21278402 (View on PubMed)

Conway P, Goldstein-Greenwood J, Polacek D, Greene JD. Sacrificial utilitarian judgments do reflect concern for the greater good: Clarification via process dissociation and the judgments of philosophers. Cognition. 2018 Oct;179:241-265. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2018.04.018. Epub 2018 Jul 2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30064654 (View on PubMed)

Einav S, Benoit DD. Focus on ethics of admission and discharge policies and conflicts of interest. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Aug;45(8):1130-1132. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05673-3. Epub 2019 Jul 2. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31267194 (View on PubMed)

Emanuel EJ, Persad G, Upshur R, Thome B, Parker M, Glickman A, Zhang C, Boyle C, Smith M, Phillips JP. Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 21;382(21):2049-2055. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb2005114. Epub 2020 Mar 23. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32202722 (View on PubMed)

Truog RD, Mitchell C, Daley GQ. The Toughest Triage - Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 21;382(21):1973-1975. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2005689. Epub 2020 Mar 23. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32202721 (View on PubMed)

Leclerc T, Donat N, Donat A, Pasquier P, Libert N, Schaeffer E, D'Aranda E, Cotte J, Fontaine B, Perrigault PF, Michel F, Muller L, Meaudre E, Veber B. Prioritisation of ICU treatments for critically ill patients in a COVID-19 pandemic with scarce resources. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Jun;39(3):333-339. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2020.05.008. Epub 2020 May 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32426441 (View on PubMed)

Rosenbaum L. Facing Covid-19 in Italy - Ethics, Logistics, and Therapeutics on the Epidemic's Front Line. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 14;382(20):1873-1875. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2005492. Epub 2020 Mar 18. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32187459 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1474

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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