Development of a questionnaire assessing expectations regarding end-of-life conversations

Development of a questionnaire assessing expectations regarding end-of-life conversations - EOLC-E

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00025107

Enrollment

250

Registered

2021-05-17

Start date

2021-06-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

No specific health condition, general population

Interventions

Group 1: One-time online survey, initial validation of a newly developed questionnaire assessing expectations regarding end-of-life conversations, 20-25 min. Upon request of the participant paper-penc

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Sufficient German language skills

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No further exclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Aim: Validatin of the developed questionnaire. Use of the following questionnaire: Communication Apprehension About Death Scale (Carmack & DeGroot, 2016). One-time online survey.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Use of the following questionnaires: Death Attitude Profile - Revised (Jansen et al., 2019), Readiness for End-Of-Life Conversations Scale (Berlin et al., 2021), PHQ-4 (Löwe et al., 2010).	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactYannik Bendel

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Fachbereich 04 Psychologie

yannik.bendel@uni-marburg.de06421 2823778

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026