Psychological Impact of Medical Evacuations on Families of Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit for Severe COVID-19 (IPES-CoV)

Centre Hospitalier Metropole Savoie

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Treatments: Other: satisfaction survey; Other: semi-directed interview with trusted person on the general experience of the patient's medical evacuation; Other: semi-directed interview with trusted person on the general experience of hospitalization in intensive care; Other: 36-Item Short Form Survey; Other: Revised Impact of Event Scale; Other: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05421182

CHMS21004

Details and patient eligibility

About

At the "Métropole Savoie" hospital, to deal with the daily influx of severe patients during the second wave of COVID-19, 23 patients had to be transferred away from their home city and far from their families as part of a medical evacuation (EVASAN).

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is an association between medical evacuations and the occurrence of psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety or depression occurring within 6 to 10 months in families of evacuated patients.

The investigators want to compare the prevalence of psychological disorders in the families of patients evacuated for a serious form of COVID-19 (cases) compared to that of families of patients not evacuated (controls) hospitalized for a serious form of COVID-19.

Full description

The case group is trusted person of evacuated patient. The control group is trusted person of not evacuated patient.

The trusted person of the group control will be matched to trusted patient of the case group on :

their relationship with the patient (spouse/ascendant/descendant/other) and on criteria specific to the patient: sex, age range ( <75 years or ≥ 75 years), invasive ventilation and becoming at 3 months post COVID-19 (survivor / non survivor)

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Trusted person of patients admitted to the Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the "Metropole Savoie"hospital

• during the second wave of COVID-19 in France
• for a serious form of COVID-19
• hospitalized more than 72 hours in ICU

the case group is trusted person of evacuated patient. the control group is trusted person of not evacuated patient.

Non -inclusion criteria :

Trusted Person Refusing patient Medical Evacuation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Interview of the trusted person of evacuated patient

Other group

Description:

The interview of the trusted person of evacuated patient will be done 8 months (+/-2 months) after the medical evacuation. The interview will be carried out by a psychologist or by a doctor from the ICU

Treatment:

Other: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

Other: 36-Item Short Form Survey

Other: Revised Impact of Event Scale

Other: semi-directed interview with trusted person on the general experience of the patient's medical evacuation

Other: satisfaction survey

Interview of the trusted person of the not evacuated patient

Other group

Description:

The interview of the trusted person of the not evacuated patient will be done 8 months (+/-2months) after the ICU admission The interview will be carried out by a psychologist or by a doctor from the ICU.

Treatment:

Other: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

Other: 36-Item Short Form Survey

Other: Revised Impact of Event Scale

Other: semi-directed interview with trusted person on the general experience of hospitalization in intensive care

Other: satisfaction survey