Do we Prepare Patients for Their Digital Legacy? A Survey of Palliative Care Professionals in the West Midlands

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03092258

Enrollment

210

Registered

2017-03-27

Start date

2017-04-27

Completion date

2017-06-26

Last updated

2019-10-23

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Conditions

Death

Brief summary

Conduct a questionnaire survey of palliative care professionals including doctors, nurses and social workers currently working within the West Midlands to establish how much the palliative care community in the West Midlands engage in preparing patients for their digital legacy and find out if there is a further education need in this community about digital legacy.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaire

Questionnaire to be completed by staff

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Palliative care professionals (medical, nursing and social worker) affiliated to a hospice in the West Midlands.

Exclusion criteria

* Medical, nursing or social worker not working in a hospice in the West Midlands.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Professionals' behaviour.	6 weeks	Questionnaire establishing a baseline measure from which to monitor changes over time in professionals' behaviour.

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026