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Evaluating a Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC) Implementation Process
Sponsor: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
Summary
This is a Mixed-method study with retrospective quantitative assessment and prospective qualitative evaluation focused on the development and implementation of a multidisciplinary Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC), 16 months from its implementation. A CEC is a multi-professionals service that aims to support healthcare professionals (HPs) and healthcare organizations in dealing with ethical issues of clinical practice, providing also ethics consultations (EC) for complex clinical cases, characterized by conflicting ethical perspectives. In 2020, a CEC was established in an Oncology Research Hospital in the North of Italy. It was developed and implemented according to the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the CEC's development and implementation process, after 16 months it entered into force. Study's hypothesis: the investigators expect to identify the relevant components that contribute to the CEC's successful implementation and integration into everyday practice. Findings would also identify required modifications to improve the service and develop practical strategies for enabling and sustaining the CEC delivery in clinical settings.
Official title: Evaluation of a Clinical Ethics Committee (CEC) Implementation Process in an Oncological Research Hospital. A Process Evaluation Study Using Normalization Process Theory
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Start Date
2022-07-04
Completion Date
2025-12-30
Last Updated
2025-06-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Survey1
Closed-ended survey on the level of knowledge, use, and dissemination of the CEC.
semi-structured interview_1
the semi-structured interview concerns participants'motivations/expectations for implementing CEC, personal attitude towards the service, experience with CEC in terms of facilitators, problems, and critical evaluation on the service delivered
semi-structured interview_2
semi-structured interview concerns participants motivations and expectations to be a member of the CEC, personal attitude towards the service, experience with CEC in terms of facilitators, problems, and critical evaluation on the service delivered.
semi-structured interview_3
semi-structured interview concerns participants' experiences with the ethics consultation service provide by the Clinical Ethics Committee
survey_2
survey of 20 multiple-choice questions and supplemented by free-text questions.
Locations (1)
Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italia, Italy