A Communication Strategy for Families of Patients Dying in the ICU

Famirea Study Group

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Family of Dying Patient in the ICU

Treatments: Procedure: family conference with bereavement information leaflet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00331877

famirea VIII

Details and patient eligibility

About

Decisions to limit life sustaining treatments are made for most patients dying in the ICU, usually with input from the family. The well-being of the family may be jeopardized by involvement in the decision-making process and bereavement. We evaluated the ability of a proactive communication strategy (family conference and providing family members with a bereavement information leaflet) designed to improve family well-being.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• family of dying patient

Exclusion criteria

• family having no enough knowledge of French to respond to telephone interview
• patient alive on day 90

Trial design

Primary purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind