Decision Making in Neonatology : a Qualitative Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03323970

Acronym

PRODA

Enrollment

Registered

2017-10-27

Start date

2013-11-30

Completion date

2014-11-30

Last updated

2017-11-08

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Conditions

Premature Birth

Brief summary

This study aimed to describe and understand the decision making process in neonatology in situations of limiting of withdraw life sustaining treatments, by conducting interviews with physicians from one neonatology unit.

Interventions

OTHERsemi-structured interviews

individual semi-structured interviews

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Physicians in charge of new born babies for whom a decision making regarding limiting or withdrawing treatments is emerging. * physicians' informed consent to participate to an interview * parents' informed consent to collect data concerning their new born.

Exclusion criteria

\- Not fluent French speaker

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
semi-structured interviews	3 months	qualitative data analysis - theorical saturation

Outcome results

None listed

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