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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Witnessing by a Relative (PRESENCE)

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest

Treatments

Other: Usual strategy
Other: Modified strategy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01009606
P071239

Details and patient eligibility

About

The bereavement generated by the loss of a family member can induce pathological situations: depressive state, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and complicated grief. These morbid factors can be influenced by the death circumstances and in particular by the possibility given to the family to attend the medical management of the patient. This clinical trial aims to evaluate the psychological consequences of bereavement on the relatives according to the possibility of witnessing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of a family member. This possibility lies within the scope of a strategy of global management of the relatives.

Full description

This clinical trial aims to compare the presence of post-traumatic stress disorder on a relative related to the death of a family member:

Test group: the medical team will propose to the relative to witness the cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Control group: the medical team will not modify its usual management of care.

Enrollment

570 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient victim of a cardiac arrest and resuscitation initiated

  • Occurrence of cardiac arrest at home

  • Presence of a relative :

    • husband or spouse
    • father or mother
    • son or daughter
    • brother or sister
  • Patient's age ≥ 18 years

  • Relative's age ≥ 18 years

  • Consent of the relative to the participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • No understanding of the explanations (language problem, important agitation)
  • Non-affiliated to social security

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

570 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm 1 : Control : usual strategy
Active Comparator group
Treatment:
Other: Usual strategy
Arm 2: Comparator : modified strategy
Experimental group
Treatment:
Other: Modified strategy

Trial contacts and locations

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