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Improving Psychological Distress Among Critical Illness Survivors and Their Caregivers

NCT01983254 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 417

Last updated 2020-01-21

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Summary

Patients who receive life support in intensive care units commonly suffer from persistent depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after discharge. We are trying to learn which is a better way to manage this distress: a telephone-based adaptive coping skills training program or an educational program.

Conditions

  • Intensive Care Unit Survivors
  • Informal Caregivers (Family and Friends)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

coping skills training

6-session coping skills training program delivered by telephone w/ web augmentation

OTHER

education program

web-based, ICU-specific education program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Pittsburgh

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Washington

    collaborator OTHER

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christopher E Cox, MD MPH · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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