Promoting early psychological care in the intensive care unit.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Intensive Care; Critical illness; Psychological distress; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000619640
• Lead Sponsor: Jessica Hampton

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-06-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 June 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Participants - Patients:
• Patient is aged 18 years or greater
• Admitted to the ICU and who are expected to remain in the ICU greater than 48 hours
• Patient’s levels of alertness and sedation score between +1 and –1 on the RASS, as assessed by the treating medical officer and nursing staff at time of enrolment
• Patient’s level of consciousness score 15 on the GCS as assessed by the
treating medical officer and nursing staff at time of enrolment
• English-speaking

Participants - Clinicians:
All ICU clinicians employed in the ICU at the time of recruitment will be eligible to participate
in PHASE 2. Medical, nursing, and allied health clinicians working in the ICU will be invited to
take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants - Patients:
• Pre-existing cognitive or intellectual impairment
• Patient’s reason for ICU admission is due to a medical issue directly resulting from a
suicide of self-harm attempt; and/or the patient is identified to be experiencing active
symptoms of psychosis or mania, related to a mental illness, as determined by the
treating medical officer.
• Receiving end-of-life care
• Readmission to ICU within the current hospitalisation
• Previous enrolment in the PICUP study

Participants - Clinicians:
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Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified