Patient Engagement Initiative (PEI)

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critical Illness

Treatments: Behavioral: Consideration of 3-month functional prognosis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02721810

IRB00082272

Details and patient eligibility

About

A no-cost intervention may improve adherence with a recommendation for higher-quality, lower-cost care for patients with critical illness endorsed by a collaborative of critical care societies. The investigators propose prompting consideration of functional outcomes. This trial will help establish the impact of the intervention on practice patterns including proxy engagement and elements of shared decision-making.

Enrollment: 116 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Licensed physicians
• At least 4 weeks of clinical work in an I.C.U. in the U.S.A. during the past 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• <25 years old
• Non-English speaking
• Primarily practicing medicine outside the U.S.A.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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116 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Prompts standard to rounds or electronic medical records.

Prompting Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Prompting consideration of 3-month functional outcome.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Consideration of 3-month functional prognosis