Evaluating the Effect of Social Media Usage in Providing Healthcare Services During the Period of 19 Covid Pandemics Clinical Trial
Official title:
Professional and Ethical Challenges of Social Media Usage in Providing Healthcare Services; During the Period of 19 Covid Pandemics
NCT number | NCT04351568 |
Other study ID # | 2020A20 |
Secondary ID | |
Status | Recruiting |
Phase | |
First received | |
Last updated | |
Start date | April 1, 2020 |
Est. completion date | August 2020 |
Verified date | June 2020 |
Source | Assiut University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Observational |
integrating social media into medicine has obvious potential to improve patient care and trust in the profession, in part by meeting patients "where they are," i.e., online, at the same time carries a greater risk in terms of legal, ethical, and professional aspects. Therefore, physicians and medical students using social media should pay attention to the ethical sensitivity in their relationships with patients .it also raises a number of ethical issues including protecting patient and physician privacy; setting appropriate online boundaries; and delineating personal and professional identities among others during covid 19 pandemics
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 874 |
Est. completion date | August 2020 |
Est. primary completion date | July 2020 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 60 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: 1. adult aged 18 years to 60 years 2. medical personel graduated from egyptian faculty of medicine. 3. non medical personel live in egypt Exclusion Criteria: 1. personel less than 18 years old . 2. medical personel not graduated from egyptian faculty of medicine. 3. non medical personel live outside egypt |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Egypt | Assiut | Assiut |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Assiut University |
Egypt,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | to evaluate the effect of social media usage in medical practice during covid 19 epidemic | to evaluate the effect of social media usage in medical practice during covid 19 epidemic | 3 months |