What is the Perceived Role of Risk in DOC Healthcare.

NCT06647433 — Recruiting, 40 participants, University of Nottingham

ClinicalTrials Daily · Areas · Conditions · Drugs · Sponsors ·

What is the Perceived Role of Risk in the Healthcare Received by People in Disorders of Consciousness (DOC)?

Registry	NCT06647433
Status	Recruiting
Study type	Observational
Enrollment	40 (Estimated)
Sponsor	University of Nottingham (Other); collaborators: Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Conditions	Disorders of Consciousness
Interventions	Observation (Other)
Dates	start 2025-05-01, primary completion 2027-01-01 (estimated), completion 2027-01-01 (estimated), first posted 2024-10-17, last updated 2025-07-10
Locations	2 sites in United Kingdom

-Summary

Critical ethnography exploring how decisions are made on behalf of people in disorder of consciousness (DOC).

Prospective longitudinal case study design including observation, field interview and video reflexive ethnography.

Expand all sections · Collapse all

+Arms and interventions

Observation (Other): case study will be observed participants, methods will include observation, interview and video reflexive ethnography

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

Meaning based themes on what influences decision making in DOC [2 years]: Thematic analysis (TA) will consolidate and develop themes across all data sources (i.e., interview and VRE transcripts, field notes). The planned TA approach will borrow theory from reflexive thematic analysis (Braun \& Clarke, 2022) and a critical realist TA approach which supports causal explanation development (Fryer, 2022). Causal research questions will be developed and refined throughout data collection and explored through TA.

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to any, accepts healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

* People in a DOC:
* Working diagnosis of being in a DOC.
* Have an appropriate family member able to act as a consultee.
* Over 18 years of age.

Family members and healthcare workers:

* conversational English.
* able to give consent.
* over 18 years of age.
* Involved in decision making on behalf of a person in a DOC

Exclusion Criteria:

Person in a Disorder of Consciousness

* Not in a DOC, diagnosis uncertain, or appears to be emerging.
* Clinically unstable or approaching the end of their life.

+Locations (2)

Facility	City	Country	Status
Royal Hospital for Neurodisability	London, London	United Kingdom	Recruiting
University of Nottingham	Nottingham	United Kingdom	Not yet recruiting

My Notes

Public

To Read Reading Read