Survey to Determine Incarcerated Persons' Views on Surrogate Decision Making
Survey to Determine Incarcerated Persons Views on Surrogate Decision-Making
- Healthy Volunteers
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase not stated
- Study type
- Observational
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Enrolment target
- 75,000
- Started
- 4 October 2026
- Main results due
- 29 December 2026
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 29 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 18 years to 120 years.
- Open to any sex.
- Healthy volunteers can take part.
These are the headline rules only. Every study has a longer list, and whether you are eligible is decided by the research team at the site — never by this page.
Read the full eligibility criteria
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Currently incarcerated in a United States facility with Edovo educational tablets 2. Ability to understand the consent form and survey 3. Willingness to give informed consent EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1\. Inability to read or write in English
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
Background:
About 180,000 of the people in US prisons are over 55 years old. Aging people often cannot make medical decisions on their own. People who cannot make their own decisions must rely on a "surrogate." A surrogate is someone who helps the person's doctor make decisions for them. Researchers want to conduct a survey to ask people in prison who they would like to be their surrogates. But first, they need to find out if their survey questions are clear and easy to understand.
Objective:
To get imprisoned people's feedback on survey questions about surrogate decision making.
Eligibility:
People currently imprisoned in a US facility with access to Edovo. They must be able to read and write in English.
Design:
Participants will answer 26 survey questions. The questions will be on the Edovo Learn software platform. After each question, they will be asked: "Was this question clear? If not, please explain in the box below what you found unclear. Also, if you have any suggestions for how we might make the question clearer, please include them."
Participants will be asked to imagine themselves in a situation where they cannot make their own medical decisions. They may skip questions or stop the survey if they want. No information that identifies them will be collected.
The survey will take about 15 minutes.
Study sites(1)
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Recruiting
Showing 1 of 1 sites. 1 of the 1 site on this study is recruiting right now — a site can stop enrolling while the study as a whole is still open.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07751731. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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