Improving Family Engagement in Acute Cardiovascular Care: the NGAGE Trial

Lady Davis Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Family Engagement

Treatments: Other: NGAGE tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05939427

2023-3590

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to assess if the NGAGE real-time feedback tool improves family engagement in family members of people admitted to an acute cardiac care unit

The investigators will randomize 88 family members of people hospitalized in the acute cardiac ward in a 1:1 manner to either the NGAGE intervention or usual care. Family members will be eligible if the expected unit stay of their loved one is >48 hours and if they can communicate in English or French. A family member is considered anyone with a biological, emotional, or legal relationship with the patient whom the patient wishes to be involved in their care. The primary outcome of the study will be the FAMily Engagement (FAME) score at hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes will be family mental health (by HADS score) and family care satisfaction (by FS-ICU score).

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Family member of CV patient with expected stay > 48 hours (as per treating team)
• Aged of at least 18 years old
• Ability to communicate in English or French
• Willing to fill out the questionnaires as per the study

Exclusion criteria

• Expected stay of < 48 hours
• Inability to communicate in English or French

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

NGAGE tool group

Experimental group

Description:

Will have access to the NGAGE tool to learn about engaging in care and to request engagement activities.

Treatment:

Other: NGAGE tool

Non-Intervention

No Intervention group

Description:

Will receive usual care standards.