CompletedNot Applicable

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Diary Project

United States60 participantsStarted 2017-09-26

Plain-language summary

Psychological morbidity in both patients and family members related to the intensive care unit (ICU) experience is an often overlooked, and potentially persistent, healthcare problem recognized by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). ICU diaries are an intervention increasingly under study with potential to mitigate ICU-related psychological morbidity, include ICU-related PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), depression and anxiety.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * admitted to the intensive care unit for at least 72 hours * sedated and mechanically ventilated for at least 24 hours. * available over-the-phone, up to 6 months post-ICU discharge Exclusion Criteria: * any patients who do not voluntarily agree to participate * not fluent in the English language * patients who have stayed in the ICU for less than 72 hours * patients who have been sedated and mechanically ventilated for less than 24 hours * patients with pre-existing severe psychotic illness, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, PTSD, stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurocognitive impairment, or intellectual disability * patients with no phone number or reliable contact information for the sake of follow-up * prisoners * pregnant patients

What they're measuring

Change in PTSD symptoms

Timeframe: at baseline (within one week of ICU admission) versus twelve-weeks post-ICU discharge

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04305353

SponsorTulane University School of Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-09-25

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