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Psychological Distress in Relatives of Severely Injured Patients

NCT03137420 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2018-10-31

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Summary

Patients who have sustained and survived a polytrauma do heavily depend on the support and functioning of their family. This is only possible if the family members are physically and mentally able to cope with the situation.

It is the investigators' hypothesis that the true percentage of polytrauma patients' relatives suffering under relevant psychological distress is higher than commonly assumed.

The investigators conduct a prospective cohort study where we follow up on a cohort of patients and their relatives over 1 year after trauma - one group with severely injured patients (case) and one group with minor musculo-skeletal injuries (control).

In order to assess the influence of the patients' disability and their own psychological distress on the psychological distress of the relatives, the investigators also collect corresponding data from the patients themselves.

In order to assess the influence of the trauma itself, the investigators compare a group of multiple injured patients and their relatives with a group of patients with isolated musculoskeletal injuries and their relatives. In addition, the investigators record the ISS of each patient. In order to investigate the changes in relatives' distress over time and to find out more about potential risk factors or con-founders it is necessary to conduct a prospective study.

Conditions

  • Polytrauma
  • Psychological Distress
  • Relatives

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Numeric Scale of Family Distress

Questionnaires at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Georg Osterhoff, MD · University of Zurich

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-01
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-11-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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