End-of-life Communication From a Chinese Perspective | NCT05734781

Studies
End-of-life Communication From a Chinese Perspective

NCT05734781

Sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Nov 4, 2024Actual

Enrollment

66Actual

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

Terminally Ill

Interventions

Not Application as this is a qualitative study

Countries

China

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Oct 2024

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

May 4, 2023Actual

Primary Completion Date

Oct 31, 2023Actual

Completion Date

Oct 31, 2023Actual

First Submitted Date

Feb 9, 2023

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Feb 9, 2023

First Posted Date

Feb 21, 2023Actual

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Oct 31, 2024

Last Update Posted Date

Nov 4, 2024Actual

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Is FDA Regulated Device

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to explore experiences and perceptions of end-of-life communication in Chinese terminally ill patients, families and healthcare providers. The main question it aims to answer is:

• What are the experiences and perceptions of end-of-life communication in Chinese terminally ill patients, families and healthcare providers? Participants will be invited to either semi-structured in-depth interviews or focus group discussions to share their thoughts.

Detailed Description

Objectives: To explore stakeholders' (patients, families and healthcare providers) experiences and perceptions of end-of-life communication in China; and understand culturally appropriate communication strategies.

Design and subjects: This study is a qualitative study. Eligible patients, family caregivers and healthcare providers will be recruited in two hospitals. Purposive sampling methods will be adopted. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with patients and family caregivers will be conducted respectively. Focus group discussions will be arranged with healthcare providers, allowing them to discuss end-of-life communication and generate group interactions and creative thinking.

Data analysis: The data analysis will be an iterative, cyclic and self-reflective process. Using inductive thematic analysis, common themes and categories will be determined through inductive reasoning and constant comparison.

Expected results: The study will fill the gap of no empirical evidence on end-of-life communication strategies from a Chinese perspective and enrich the knowledge about end-of-life communication.

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not provided

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Not provided

Intervention Model

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

66Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
1		Interviewees: terminally ill patients, families and healthcare providers of such patients	Other: Not Application as this is a qualitative study

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Not Application as this is a qualitative study	Other	Not Application as this is a qualitative study	1

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Qualitative data and participants basic information	Interviews and focus group discussions will be conducted to collect qualitative data	Through study completion, an average of 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients:

Be aged older than 18 years
Have a defined incurable life-limiting illness with a likely life expectancy of fewer than 12 months (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2021), according to the consultation with the patient's physician
Have been informed of disease diagnosis and treatment
Be able to speak Mandarin and express clearly
Be able to provide informed consent

Family caregivers:

Be aged older than 18 years
One of the terminally ill patient's primary family caregivers who are familiar with patient's situation, which is defined as lived with or visited patients at least twice a week in the past month
Have been informed of patient's disease diagnosis and treatment
Be able to speak Mandarin
Be able to provide informed consent

Healthcare providers:

Be nurses, physicians or other healthcare professionals
Be experienced in providing treatment or care to patients with advanced, life-limiting illnesses (whose likely life expectancies of fewer than 12 months) and family caregivers of such patients for at least five years (Koh et al., 2016)
Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients and family caregivers:

Severe auditory impairment
Cognitive impairment

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Terminally ill patients (whose likely life expectancies of fewer than 12 months), families and healthcare providers of such patients

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Name	Affiliation	Role
Joyce Chung, PhD	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Principal Investigator

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Zhejiang Cancer Hospital		Hangzhou	Zhejiang	310000	China

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
38150444	Derived	Chen W, Chung JOK, Lam KKW, Molassiotis A. Patients', families' and healthcare providers' perspectives on end-of-life communication in Chinese hospital settings: A qualitative study protocol. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 27;18(12):e0296342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296342. eCollection 2023.