Feasibility Trial of the Early Psychological Support for the Critically Ill

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: PICS

Treatments: Behavioral: Early Psychological Support for the Critically Ill (EPSCI)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02739022

16-000145

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pilot study designed to test feasibility of a psychotherapeutic intervention for the critically ill patients in intensive care units. Intervention is named Early Psychological Support for the Critically Ill (EPSCI)

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

critically ill adults admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) and expected to stay >48 hours

Inclusion criteria:

-mechanically ventilated patients receiving vasopressors

Exclusion criteria:

• history of dementia
• mental retardation
• suicide attempt
• psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia
• patients on comfort care non-English speaking.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Early Psychological Support for the Critically Ill (EPSCI)

Experimental group

Description:

patients will receive EPSCI in parallel with medical treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Early Psychological Support for the Critically Ill (EPSCI)