Perception of families and caregivers of patients with substance use disorder in the Intensive Care Unit : A Qualitative Analysis
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- Rubina Khullar Mahajan
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- To determine the perceptions and challenges faced by the families and ICU personnel taking care of addicted patients admitted to ICU.
Overview
Brief Summary
Substance abuse is a very common problem and many patients who are admitted to the ICU are suffering from substance abuse disorder. Numerous studies have been conducted on the patients with substance use disorder who require hospital admission but there are very few studies on the perceptions and needs of the family and the caregivers when these patients require ICU care. Through this study, we plan to explore and understand the impact, on the stakeholders, of having patients with addiction problems under their care and subsequently formulate ideas to improve treatment outcomes and quality of care of these patients.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18.00 Year(s) to 99.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adult family members (first-of-kin) of patient with substance use disorder who is admitted to ICU for more than 24 hours.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Refusal to consent for the interview or participate in the study.
- •Patients who are discharged from ICU within 24 hours.
- •Critically ill patients on high ventilatory and vasopressor support.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
To determine the perceptions and challenges faced by the families and ICU personnel taking care of addicted patients admitted to ICU.
Time Frame: after 24 hours of admission in ICU
Secondary Outcomes
- To acknowledge their ideas and thus formulate suggestions which may contribute to a better care of these patients, families and caregivers.(after 24 hours of admission in ICU)
Investigators
Rubina Khullar Mahajan
Department of critical care medicine