Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Early Psychiatric Assessment after discharge from the Intensive Care Unit.
- Conditions
- ptsdanxietydepressionfunctional impairmentMental Health - AnxietyMental Health - DepressionMental Health - Other mental health disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12622000894796
- Lead Sponsor
- Redcliffe Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
People discharged from the participating ICU will be eligible to participate if they are:
•Meets the Post-ICU Clinic criteria
oICU admission >48hrs
oNil cognitive impairment that prevents participation
•Aged 18 years or over
•Residing in Australia
•Sufficiently fluent in English to complete recruitment and data collection processes
•Able to provide a GP with which the research team can correspond about the intervention
•Likely to be contactable at the 6-month follow-up time
•Patients whose life expectancy at discharge is estimated by their clinical team to be less than 6 months
•Unable or unwilling to provide consent to participate for the duration of the study
•Provide consent, but do not provide baseline or 6-month follow-up data
•Unlikely to remain contactable for 6 months after their clinic appointment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility<br>To address the primary outcome, the Post Appointment Questionnaire is a 7 item self-reported acceptability measure that has been specifically developed for this study. It has been adapted from similar surveys used in previous acceptability studies. Questions focus on whether the participant found their appointment helpful, how confident they feel about managing any psychological symptoms they have or may develop, and how optimistic they feel about their recovery.[Immediately post clinic appointment.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method