Psychological Impact of Medical Evacuations on Families of Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit for Severe COVID-19

Summary

At the "Métropole Savoie" hospital, to deal with the daily influx of severe patients during the second wave of COVID-19, 23 patients had to be transferred away from their home city and far from their families as part of a medical evacuation (EVASAN).

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is an association between medical evacuations and the occurrence of psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety or depression occurring within 6 to 10 months in families of evacuated patients.

The investigators want to compare the prevalence of psychological disorders in the families of patients evacuated for a serious form of COVID-19 (cases) compared to that of families of patients not evacuated (controls) hospitalized for a serious form of COVID-19.

Conditions

• COVID-19
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Interventions

OTHER

Revised Impact of Event Scale

to measure the affect of routine life stress,everyday traumas and acute stress

OTHER

Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

to measure anxiety and depression

OTHER

36-Item Short Form Survey

SF-36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered quality-of-life measures.

OTHER

satisfaction survey

satisfaction survey of the trusted person about the communication with ICU personal

OTHER

semi-directed interview with trusted person on the general experience of the patient's medical evacuation

interview of the trusted person about the medical evacuation : evacuation announcement;organization of the medical evacuation,; concerns related to evacuations;reception and information by the center admitting the evacuated patient; arrangements of visit, patient repatriated

OTHER

semi-directed interview with trusted person on the general experience of hospitalization in intensive care

interview of the trusted person about ICU hospitalization: reception in ICU; ICU organization; concerns related to ICU hospitalization, information and communication with ICU staff, arrangements of visit, context of ICU discharge

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Metropole Savoie

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Vincent Peigne · CH Metropole Savoie

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-06-30

Primary Completion

2021-12-30

Completion

2021-12-30

Countries

• France

Study Locations