Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit - a Multicentre Assessment

Completed

• Conditions: Critical Illness

• Registration Number: NCT00890513
• Lead Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Brief Summary

The primary aim of the present study is to assess satisfaction in a large sample of next of kin in Swiss-German ICUs.

Secondary aims are to test the hypothesis that family satisfaction is related to ICU structure and process and to factors related to patients and next of kin. Further, the hypothesis will be tested that proxy assessment is possible, i.e. next of kin rate satisfaction with care similar to patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04
• Primary Completion: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-27
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-29
• Status Verified: 2009-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-11-19
• Last Update Posted: 2009-11-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1200

Inclusion Criteria

• family members of patients staying for > 48 hours in an ICU

Exclusion Criteria

• lack of consent,
• insufficient knowledge of German language

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess satisfaction in Swiss-German ICUs

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To test the hypothesis that family satisfaction is related to ICU structure and process To test the hypothesis that proxy assessment is possible

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Intenisve Care Medicine, Inselspital; 🇨🇭 Bern, BE, Switzerland