Avoiding talking about death is associated with negative consequences (including a higher likelihood of mental illness). Expectations seem to play a role in avoidance behavior. In order to better understand this and design intervention studies, it is important to have a suitable measurement instrument. With this study, we want to contribute to measuring expectations in the communication about the end of life in order to develop intervention studies in the next step. Keywords: palliative-care, pr
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Individuals of the German general population are asked once about their expectations concerning end-of-life conversations from a loved one’s perspective.
In addition, the following questionn
Sponsors
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: good German language skills
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: no further exlusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The aim of the study is to adapt the already validated End-of-Life Conversations – Expectations Scale (Bendel et al., 2022) to a relative’s/ loved one’s perspective and subsequently validate it. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactSophie Kievernagel
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Fachbereich 04 Psychologie
Outcome results
None listed