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Hush up? Validation of a questionnaire assessing expectations on end-of-life conversations from the perspective of a close person

Hush up? Validation of a questionnaire assessing expectations on end-of-life conversations from the perspective of a close person - EOLC-E-c

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00034105
Enrollment
200
Registered
2024-04-19
Start date
2024-04-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-27

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Conditions

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

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
Lead Sponsor

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

MeasureTime 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

kieverns@staff.uni-marburg.de+4964212823766

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026