A National Survey on the Perceived Effects of Italian Law 219/2017 in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 172
- 试验地点
- 3
- 主要终点
- Knowledge of the Italian Law 219/2017
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to investigate pediatric intensive care providers' knowledge, perceptions, and experiences with Law 219/2017 by means of a national multicentric non-interventional cross-sectional study.
详细描述
In Italy in January 2018, Law 219/2017 came into effect after years of discussion regarding the possibility of refusing potentially life-saving health treatments, with its general principles being respect of life, human dignity, and personal self-determination, and introducing the concept of Advance Care Planning, the possibility for the patient to refuse medical treatment stating also that the patient cannot demand health treatments contrary to the law, professional ethics or good clinical-care practices letting the physician protected by the law in not providing interventions that he/she judges contrary to the patient's best health interest.
This study aims to investigate pediatric intensive care providers' knowledge, perceptions, and experiences with Law 219/2017 by means of a national multicentric non-interventional cross-sectional study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Healthcare personnel employed in a pediatric intensive care units
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Knowledge of the Italian Law 219/2017
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of three months
The level of knowledge of the Italian law 219/2017, will be assessed through a survey developed drafting questions and answers by a multiprofessional panel of international experts in PICU, Bioethics, and research methodology. This survey contains questions on the law and also personal reflections on the choices made by healthcare professionals in the case studies included. The questions will not be given a score, the data analysis will be purely qualitative.
Experience about the application of the Italian Law 219/2017
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of three months
The questions, which were constructed by a multidisciplinary team, contain a section to explore the personal experience of the respondents during their shifts in intensive care.
次要结局
未报告次要终点