PICS Clinic Attendance and Recovery Engagement (PICS-CARE)
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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-intensive Care Syndrome. Basic parameters: from 18 years · 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
- Germany
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
To identify relevant factors influencing attendance at appointments at the PICS outpatient clinic after intensive care treatment in order to derive targeted measures to increase the participation rate or send more targeted invitations.
Detailed description
This retrospective study examines which factors influence patient attendance at structured follow-up appointments after intensive care treatment in the PICS outpatient clinic at Charité. The focus is on analyzing demographic, clinical, and care-related factors that influence actual participation in follow-up care after intensive care treatment.
Primary outcome measures
- Follow-up appointment [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
Secondary outcome measures (9)
- Cancellation of a scheduled follow-up appointment. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Reasons for canceling a scheduled appointment. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Failure to attend a scheduled follow-up appointment. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Death after discharge from the intensive care unit until the first follow-up appointment. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Death between the first and second follow-up appointments. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Scheduling a second follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Attendance at the second scheduled follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Scheduling a third follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
- Attendance at the third scheduled follow-up appointment after initial presentation at the outpatient clinic. [Time frame: 01.01.2021- 31.12.2025]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients who, between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2025:
- were invited for follow-up care by the PICS outpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK)
- were ≥18 years old at the time of the appointment.
Exclusion criteria
- none
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
- Cohort
Study locations
Germany · 1 center
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), Charité - Universitäts — Berlin
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07371741 · PICS-CARE