The Effectiveness of a Post-ICU Recovery Program on Relatives

Summary

Relatives of intensive care patients are at risk of developing symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder resulting in impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Recovery programs have been tested, but its effectiveness is sparse. The hypothesis is that relatives to former intensive care patients will improve their HRQOL one year after intensive care. We want to determine whether relatives to former intensive care patient's benefits from a recovery programme with improved HRQOL, Sense Of Coherence (SOC) and symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD compared to standard care one year after intensive care.

Conditions

• Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
• Relatives

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention

Intervention (plus standard care) * Patients photographs during the ICU-stay, * Written information about life after ICU * First consultation face-to-face in hospital setting at three months after ICU * Visit ICU and photographs given * Consultations as needed

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nordsjaellands Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Herlev Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Horsens Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Nykøbing Falster County Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Naestved Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Rigshospitalet, Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Aabenraa Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Sonderborg Hospital

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Svendborg Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Holbaek Sygehus

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• RAPIT Steering Committee · Region of Copenhagen Capital and Region of Zealand

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-12-15

Primary Completion

2015-12-31

Completion

2018-03-06

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations