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| University of Turin, Italy | OTHER |
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This study aims to investigate pediatric intensive care providers' knowledge, perceptions, and experiences with Law 219/2017 by means of a national multicentric non-interventional cross-sectional study.
In Italy in January 2018, Law 219/2017 came into effect after years of discussion regarding the possibility of refusing potentially life-saving health treatments, with its general principles being respect of life, human dignity, and personal self-determination, and introducing the concept of Advance Care Planning, the possibility for the patient to refuse medical treatment stating also that the patient cannot demand health treatments contrary to the law, professional ethics or good clinical-care practices letting the physician protected by the law in not providing interventions that he/she judges contrary to the patient's best health interest.
This study aims to investigate pediatric intensive care providers' knowledge, perceptions, and experiences with Law 219/2017 by means of a national multicentric non-interventional cross-sectional study.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Healthcare personnel | Healthcare personnel employed in pediatric intensive care units |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Questionnaire administration | Other | Participants are required to complete a survey collecting anonymous data |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Knowledge of the Italian Law 219/2017 | The level of knowledge of the Italian law 219/2017, will be assessed through a survey developed drafting questions and answers by a multiprofessional panel of international experts in PICU, Bioethics, and research methodology. This survey contains questions on the law and also personal reflections on the choices made by healthcare professionals in the case studies included. The questions will not be given a score, the data analysis will be purely qualitative. | Through study completion, an average of three months |
| Experience about the application of the Italian Law 219/2017 | The questions, which were constructed by a multidisciplinary team, contain a section to explore the personal experience of the respondents during their shifts in intensive care. | Through study completion, an average of three months |
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Healthcare personnel employed in a pediatric intensive care units
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Matteo Martinato, PhD | Contact | +393472306806 | matteo.martinato@ubep.unipd.it |
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| Matteo Martinato, PhD | University of Padova | Principal Investigator |
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| Ospedale Sant'Orsola Malpighi | Bologna | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D016312 | Treatment Refusal |
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| D000074822 | Treatment Adherence and Compliance |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| Ospedale Gaslini | Genova | Italy |
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| Università di Torino | Torino | Italy |
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