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Study NCT ID:
NCT04557644
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2021-11-04
First Post:
2020-09-15
Brief Title:
Contagious Itch Disgust and Empathy in Patients and Medical Staff
Sponsor:
University Hospital Basel Switzerland
Organization:
University Hospital Basel Switzerland
Study Overview
Official Title:
Contagious Itch Disgust and Empathy in Patients and Medical Staff
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2021-11
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
This study is to assess the relationship between CI disgust and empathy in medical staff treating patients with scabies to differentiate the impact of visual and verbal stimuli contributing to CI and to assess information about CI disgust and empathy in a family infested with scabies
Detailed Description:
Itch is the commonest skin-related symptom defined as a bodily sensation provoking the urge to scratch The induction of itch and scratching by mere audio- visual stimuli such as pictures of insects on skin or video clips showing individuals scratching themselves indicates that itch can be perceived in the absence of a pruritogenic somatosensory stimulus This phenomenon is referred to as contagious itch CI CI may play a special role in the content of scabies both for the affected patients as well as the treating staff It is a very common phenomenon that family members who are not infested by scabies themselves experience itch when watching their infested relatives scratching The same is very frequently expressed by health care professionals being confronted with scabies patients Two further important factors may be involved in the context of CI disgust and empathy Empathy is defined as a psychological concept that enables individuals to understand and share emotions of others Disgust is an emotional response of revulsion to potentially contagious andor harmful objects or subjects This study is to assess the relationship between CI disgust and empathy in medical staff treating patients with scabies to differentiate the impact of visual and verbal stimuli contributing to CI and to assess information about CI disgust and empathy in a family infested with scabies
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None