NCT03943225

What we Think About the Do-not-resuscitate Order: Survey Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The do not resuscitate (DNR) order is a decision taken by the patient or other people about medical care in the end stages of life to withhold CPR in event of respiratory or cardiac arrest and allow natural death to occur. There is currently no related article of law to DNR order in Turkey. It was aimed to evaluate the health workers(HW) and the non health workers'(NHW) knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order in Turkey.

Detailed description

The do not resuscitate (DNR) order is a decision taken by the patient or other people about medical care in the end stages of life to withhold CPR in event of respiratory or cardiac arrest and allow natural death to occur. There is currently no related article of law to DNR order in Turkey. A questionnaire with 25 questions has been distributed to health workers and non-health workers. It was aimed to evaluate the health workers(HW) and the non health workers'(NHW) knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to the do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order in Turkey.

Conditions

• Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-07-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2019-05-09
• Last updated: 2025-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)