Patient Acceptance of Sedation as a Side Effect of Analgesia
Research type
Research Study
Full title
To what extent would patients accept sedation as a side-effect of pain-relieving medication? A patient survey study.
IRAS ID
227552
Contact name
Sam Fingas
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
This research study will focus on the opinions and preferences of patients regarding sedation as a side effect of analgesia (pain relieving medication). The study aims to assess the extent to which palliative care patients would be willing to accept sedation as a side effect of such medication to inform palliative physicians of what their patients do and do not want from the care they receive. The study will entail development of a questionnaire and subsequent semi-structured interviews with patients who will answer questions based on a hypothetical scenario of illness. Participants will score their acceptability of sedation in various hypothetical circumstances.
The research team has experience of working with palliative care patients in a sensitive environment.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/EE/0006
Date of REC Opinion
26 Feb 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion