Evaluation of a critical care discharge information pack
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Generic Health Relevance, Disease: Critical CareMental and Behavioural DisordersAnxiety disorder, unspecified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN47262088
- Lead Sponsor
- King's College London (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult patients and family members/carers, more than 18 years of age
2. Elective or emergency admissions who have been in critical care (intensive or high dependency care) for at least 72 hours
3. Critical care patients identified for discharge to a general ward setting
4. Elective discharges between the hours of 0800-2200
5. All critical care and ward nurses (from wards who have received patients discharged from critical care during the study period) will also be invited to participate in part of the study
6. Male and female participants
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients for whom active treatment has been withdrawn
2. Inability to communicate verbally in or read English
3. Involvement in the phase I focus group study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient hospital anxiety and depression measured one week after critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Feasibility measured after end of trial period<br>2. Patient and relative coping measured one week post critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days<br>3. Patient enablement measured one week post critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days<br>4. Relative anxiety and depression measured one week after patient critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days<br>5. User experience measured at hospital discharge