How do Swedish critical care physicians make decisions in end-of-life care?

Reasons for provider-caused variability in end-of-life decision-making in intensive care

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14496722

Enrollment

Registered

2020-08-13

Start date

2017-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-08-24

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Conditions

End of life decisions in ICU Not Applicable End of life decisions in ICU

Interventions

In-depth thematic analyses of semi-structured interviews with 19 critical care specialists from five different Swedish intensive care units (ICUs) are performed. Interviews take place between February

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Consultants working in the ICU of the participating centre

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Factors that gives variation to Swedish intensivists’ experience in decisions in end-of-life care freely expressed reflections on beliefs and experiences of consultants about decision-making in end-of-life care in face to face semi-structured interviews in 2017	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

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