Impact of an ICU Diary on the Well-being of Patients and Families. A Prospective Multicenter Mixed Study (ICU-diary)

Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stress Disorders Post Traumatic

Treatments

Other: ICU diary

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02519725

ICU DIARY

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of an ICU diary implemented during the ICU stay on the psychological well-being of patients and families after ICU discharge.

Full description

Implementation of an ICU diary in a randomized design in 36 ICUs in France The ICU diary contains entries from staff and families or relatives

Quantitative description of psychological well-being of the patients and families or relatives are evaluated 3 months after ICU discharge

Qualitative evaluation of how the patient uses the diary is scheduled by a phone interview 6 months after ICU discharge.

An amendment of the ethic committee permitted to increase in 2016/02 both the number of eligible patients to 700 and the number of centers.

Enrollment

715 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with his family admitted in an ICU and mechanically ventilated more than 48 hours

Exclusion criteria

Patients without families admitted in an ICU and mechanically ventilated more than 48 hours
Patients or families not fluent in French
Patients moribund
Patients with a neurologic or psychiatric disease responsible for admission or pre-existing before the ICU admission
Patients admitted after a cardiac arrest
Deaf and mute patients