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Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Diary Project

NCT04305353 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-04-13

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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.

Conditions

  • PTSD
  • Post ICU Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Diary (blank journal) plus PTSD psycho-education

A blank journal where a prospective account of a patient's ICU course (everyday events) can be documented by family members and healthcare providers

OTHER

PTSD psycho-education alone

We administered a pamphlet to patients with information regarding PTSD symptoms, potential psychiatric complications after discharge, and available mental health resources. References for our education include the following which are included in our references section: Jensen 2015, Jones 2010, Knowles 2009, Parker 2015, Wintermann 2015.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tulane University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel Hammer, MD, MFA · Tulane University School of Medicine

  • George Sayde, MD, MPH · Tulane University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-26
Primary Completion
2018-09-25
Completion
2020-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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