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Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

Moral Judgements and Choices of Caregivers in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Experimental Study

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04542122
Acronym
XPHI-COVID19
Enrollment
500
Registered
2020-09-09
Start date
2020-09-03
Completion date
2021-08-02
Last updated
2020-09-09

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Morals

Keywords

morals, ethics, moral judgements, moral choices, covid 19, survey, utilitarianism, deontology, oxford utilitarianism scale

Brief summary

The XPHI-COVID19 randomized study aims to investigate the mechanisms of moral judgements in a population of caregivers, using a survey, with the results to the Oxford Utilitarianism Scale as primary outcome.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALChoices and judgements

In the intervention arm, the participant is asked to answer clinical cases in a reverse order from the control group (control has to make moral choices then judge somebody else's choices ; intervention has to judge moral choices first, then make his own)

Sponsors

University of Geneva, Switzerland
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Caen
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* All caregivers from french public healthcare center with Intensive Care Unit * Agreement

Exclusion criteria

* Refuse to participate or withdraw agreement

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Oxford Utilitarianism ScaleUp to one yearTwo-Dimensional Model of Utilitarian Psychology

Contacts

Primary ContactClement GAKUBA, MD PhD
gakuba-c@chu-caen.fr+33231064736
Backup ContactFlorian COVA, PhD
Florian.Cova@unige.ch

Outcome results

None listed

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