Experience of Staying in Intensive Care and Impact on Quality of Life
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Basic parameters: from 18 months · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
Unsure about the terms? Read our patient guide →
Overview
It now seems well established that post-traumatic stress disorder following a stay in intensive care is one of the factors that affects patients' quality of life after they leave hospital. Several qualitative and quantitative studies suggest that there are several factors associated with the onset of this post-traumatic stress disorder, including the absence of memory of the stay in intensive care. With this in mind, some intensive care units (in France and abroad) are implementing measures to improve the patient experience during their stay, particularly to compensate for this lack of memory: several studies show a link between the introduction of intensive care unit logbooks and a decrease in the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home. The aim of this research project is to measure the experience of the stay in intensive care and its possible impact on quality of life. It is therefore part of a process of implementing measures within general and cardiovascular surgical intensive care units, aimed at better assessing and improving the quality of life of patients after a stay in intensive care.
Primary outcome measures
- ICE questionnaire score [Time frame: Between 1 and 3 days after discharge from the intensive care unit.]
- Quality of life questionnaire score (SF36) [Time frame: Day 30 after discharge from hospital]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult patient (≥ 18 years)
- Stay in intensive care > 48 hours
Exclusion criteria
- Admission to intensive care following scheduled surgery.
- Readmission to intensive care (previous admission within the 30 days prior).
- Patient under legal guardianship
- Inability to complete a questionnaire
- Poor reading and/or speaking comprehension of French
- Patient under guardianship or conservatorship.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-only
Study locations
France · 1 center
- Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale - CHU de Strasbourg - France — Strasbourg
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07339891 · 9771