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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12622000701729
ACTRN12622000701729
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Better management of breathlessness in the ICU (BreatheICU): A cross-sectional national clinician survey and consumer interview study.

Mr Leigh Rushworth0 sites160 target enrollmentMay 16, 2022

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Mr Leigh Rushworth
Enrollment
160
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 16, 2022
End Date
July 4, 2024
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Mr Leigh Rushworth

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Medical, nursing and allied health staff of Australian adult ICU’s will be invited to participate in a single survey. With endorsement of the study by the ANZICS CTG we anticipate the survey will be able to be distributed to over 70 ANZICS CTG member ICU’s in Australia, reaching a minimum of 500 eligible clinicians on the CTG mailing list. Mailing list recipients will be encouraged to forward the survey invitation to eligible clinicians within their networks (snowballing).
  • A purposive sample of patients admitted to the ICU with and without respiratory disease (n\=20 patients) over a four\-month period will be recruited. Clinical staff at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, South Australia (TQEH) will screen ICU patients Monday to Friday for the following inclusion criteria:
  • Aged over 18 years
  • English speaking
  • ICU stay of \>48 hours
  • Planned for discharge from the ICU to the ward
  • Capacity to provide consent to participate
  • Patients meeting the above inclusion criteria will be asked a single screening question \- Did you ever feel breathless during your time in ICU?”. Those indicating ‘yes’ will be invited to participate in a semi\-structured interview.

Exclusion Criteria

  • No specific groups are to be excluded.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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