Decision Making in Neonatology : a Qualitative Study

Completed

• Conditions: Premature Birth
• Interventions: Other: semi-structured interviews

• Registration Number: NCT03323970
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Brief Summary

This study aimed to describe and understand the decision making process in neonatology in situations of limiting of withdraw life sustaining treatments, by conducting interviews with physicians from one neonatology unit.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-11
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-06
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians in charge of new born babies for whom a decision making regarding limiting or withdrawing treatments is emerging.
• physicians' informed consent to participate to an interview
• parents' informed consent to collect data concerning their new born.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not fluent French speaker

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Physicians	semi-structured interviews	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
semi-structured interviews	3 months	qualitative data analysis - theorical saturation