Relatives Visit Prior to Hospital Admission & Intensive Care Unit

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Care Unit Syndrome; Anxiety; Depression
• Interventions: Other: Family visit prior to hospital admission

• Registration Number: NCT03605420
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de León

Brief Summary

The present study evaluates the effects of the visit prior to hospital admission on anxiety, depression and satisfaction of family in an intensive care unit.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-30
• Study Start: 2018-08-22
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-01-20
• Study Completion: 2019-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

• Family of a patient for hospital admission for surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• Cognitive impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental group	Family visit prior to hospital admission	Receiving one family visit prior to hospital admission

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale	Change from Baseline anxiety and depression at 90 days	Anxiety subscale range from 0 to 21. Depression subscale range from 0 to 21. Higher values represent a worse outcome (higher depression or anxiety).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital La Princesa; 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain