Discomfort in Intensive Care Patients - IPREA-N
- Conditions
- Critical IllnessDiscomfort
- Registration Number
- NCT06091046
- Lead Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate discomforts experienced by intensive care patients during their critical illness period. We will use the Norwegian version of the questionnaire Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation (IPREA), the IPREA-N.Patients will be asked to rate18 questions about different possible discomforts on a 0-10 scale after their intensive care stay. Furthermore we aim to test whether the questionnaire when translated into Norwegian is useful in the Norwegian patient population.
The aim of the study is
* to assess perceived discomfort in intensive care patients using the IPREA-N questionnaire
* to test psychometric properties of the questionnaire
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 250
- Adult intensive care patients (> 18 years),
- Understanding Norwegian
- Having spent more than 48 hours in the intensive care unit.
- Ability to consent to participation and self-report discomfort
- Patients who move to another hospital and cannot complete the questionnaire within 24 hours due to health status or practical reasons.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Discomfort measured by IPREA-N questionnaire Within 24 hours following Intensive care unit stay IPREA-N consists of 18 Questions about discomfort during intensive care stay, answered on a 0-10 scale. Questions cover discomforts caused by noise, too much light, uncomfortable bed, lack of sleep, thirst, hunger, feeling cold, feeling hot, pain, medical devices, embarrassment, anxiety or panic, isolation, visiting hours restriction, lack of telephone, lack of information, difficulty breathing and feelings of depression,
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method