Supporting the Recovery Needs of Patients Following Intensive Care

• Conditions: Post Intensive Care Syndrome; Intensive Care Unit Syndrome; Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome; ICU Acquired Weakness; Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
• Interventions: Other: Former ICU patient and caregiver workshops; Other: Health care professional workshops

• Registration Number: NCT05044221
• Lead Sponsor: University of Melbourne

Brief Summary

Recovery for intensive care survivors is limited by ongoing problems with walking, strength, fatigue, mental distress and cognitive morbidity known as 'Post Intensive Care Syndrome'. There has been increasing interest in ways that clinicians can support patients in their post ICU recovery.

The investigators are undertaking a co design approach to informing the design of a recovery pathway for patients who have been admitted to the intensive care to support them in their return to home, family and working responsibilities.

Detailed Description

This project will aim to involve \~ 20 past ICU patient/family members and \~20 health professionals to participate in a co-design approach to examine the recovery needs and resources that are required to support patients after leaving hospital. Using an experience based co design methodology three 2-hour workshops will be run with the first workshop involving patients/family members, the second involving healthcare professionals to separately gain thoughts and perspectives, and then the final workshop which will be combined to identify and problem solve priority resources and solutions.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-30
• Study Start: 2021-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-03
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-14
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-19
• Last Update Posted: 2021-10-21
• Primary Completion: 2022-07
• Study Completion: 2022-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Hospitalized adults, aged 18 years or over
• Admitted to the ICU requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for > 48 hours and remain in the ICU for a minimum of four days
• Living at home before the current admission (not in a facility and/or no fixed abode)

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-English speaking (insufficient English language skills to read and understand questionnaires and patient information consent form)
• Pre-existing documented cognitive impairment
• Spinal cord injury or other primary neuromuscular disease
• New lower limb fracture with altered weight bearing status
• Expected survival < 3 months according to the treating medical team
• Active substance abuse or psychosis
• Lack of access to telephone / computer or inability to use these resources independently (which would impact on ability to complete the intervention)
• Pregnancy
• Suicidality
• Incarcerated
• Cardiac surgery within this ICU admission (as these patients routinely receive a standard outpatient rehabilitation through cardiac rehabilitation)
• Poor premorbid mobility defined as < 10 metres ambulation +/- gait aid independently

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Interviews: Past ICU patients and caregivers	Former ICU patient and caregiver workshops	Former ICU patients and their families that meet the following criteria: Adults \> 18 years and above who required at least 48 hours of invasive mechanical ventilation and were in the ICU at least 4 days with an ICU admission in the past five years; and able to participate in a workshop in English.
Interviews: Health care professionals	Health care professional workshops	Active working health professionals with prior experience working directly in the ICU setting and/or care for ICU patients in their own clinical rea (acute, subacute and/or community settings).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Lived experiences and opinions	3 months	Capability Opportunity Motivation Barriers and Theoretical Domains Framework will be used to interpret qualitative data from the workshops and interviews.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

The Royal Melbourne Hospital; 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia