Assessment of Discomfort in Intensive Care Patients and Psychometric Testing of the Applied Questionnaire IPREA-N
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Critical Illness
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
- Enrollment
- 250
- Primary Endpoint
- Discomfort measured by IPREA-N questionnaire
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
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
Investigators
Helene Berntzen
RN, CCN, Phd
Oslo University Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •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
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who move to another hospital and cannot complete the questionnaire within 24 hours due to health status or practical reasons.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Discomfort measured by IPREA-N questionnaire
Time Frame: 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,