Determining ICU Staffs Conceptions, Opinions, Views, Experiences and Reflection of Brain Death and Organ Donation (DISCOVER)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Brain Death

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06640088

Req-2024-01116, am24Sutter

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to gather information regarding the individual perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and conceptual understanding of healthcare professionals working in the intensive care units at the University Hospital Basel and to determine associations of individual beliefs, personal, educational, and professional experiences with individual perceptions, opinions, and conceptual understanding regarding brain death and organ donation.

Full description

To achieve the study objectives, the investigator will employ a questionnaire-based survey administered to the consenting/participating nurses and physicians. The questionnaire will address various aspects related to personal background, religious affiliation, beliefs about life after death, the conceptual understanding of brain death and organ donation, as well as experiences and opinions related to these topics.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Consenting nurses and physicians currently working in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the University Hospital Basel
• Only nurses and physicians consenting to participate will be included

Exclusion criteria

• Nurses and physicians not currently working (any more) in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the University Hospital Basel
• Nurses and physicians who do not consent