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Liberalization of Visiting Policies in ICU for Reducing High Risk of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

NCT03846323 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1289

Last updated 2019-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This was a cluster randomized study of an ICU level intervention to reduce high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in family members of ICU patients.

Participating ICUs had restrictive visiting policies (i.e., \<6 hours/day) before randomization.

After an observational period and a washout period, participating ICUs were randomized either to maintain their visiting policies or to liberalize their visiting policies (24 hours a day, 7 days a week.)

Conditions

  • PTSD in Family Members of ICU Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Visiting policies: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

OTHER

Restriction of visiting policies < 6 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • LILA BOUADMA · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-18
Primary Completion
2013-12-17
Completion
2018-02-12

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