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Experiences and Attitudes Towards Agitated Behaviours in TBI ICU Patients: a Protocol for an Interprofessional Mixed-method Study

NCT04741399 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2021-02-05

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Summary

EXSTATIC is a multicenter mixed methods convergent study exploring experiences and attitudes of ICU healthcare professionals caring of agitated traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. The study aims to explore the experiences and attitudes of ICU nurses and other ICU healthcare professionals on the management of agitation in acute TBI patients. This project includes three qualitative methods and one quantitative method. First step consists in structured observations of the daily routine of ICU healthcare professionals when TBI patient admitted in the ICU develops agitation. This step will allow us to raise emerging research questions from the field and to develop subsequent steps. Secondly, we will conduct semi-structured interviews with ICU nurses. Themes emerged in the interviews are essential to understand nurses' experiences and attitudes towards TBI agitated patients and describe their relational role amongst patients, other professionals and families. A retrospective cohort of TBI patients gathered through medical files will follow aiming to document in which way observations in the two first phases are reflected in the clinical notes. Finally, different ICU healthcare professionals will be invited to participate in focus groups to identify further themes in semi-structured interviews in nurses, compare them and prioritize which are the most relevant to nurses experiences and which ones need to be addressed for their future practice. The integration of the different methods will be done using sequential steps of the research (the previous informing the next one) and by the integration of results for each step. Qualitative data will be evaluated following the grounded theory using thematic analysis. Quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative and quantitative results will be combined in a convergent interactive interpretative design. Race and gender perspective will be integrated in collection, analysis and interpretation of data.

Conditions

  • Trauma Injury
  • Intensive Care Neurological Disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Universitaire de Santé McGill

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et Services Sociaux du Nord de l'ile de Montreal

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-10
Primary Completion
2021-10-31
Completion
2021-10-31

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