The Experience, Perceptions and Unexpressed Needs of Heart and Lung Transplant Patients Admitted to Intensive Care

Completed

• Conditions: Heart and Lung Transplants

• Registration Number: NCT06773052
• Lead Sponsor: IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

Brief Summary

Qualitative descriptive phenomenological study aimed to investigate the experience, perceptions and unexpressed needs of patients undergoing heart and lung transplantation admitted to intensive care unit through semi-structured interviews

Detailed Description

It was conduct a qualitative phenomenological study which, through semi-structured interviews to investigate the experience , the perceptions and the unexpressed needs of patients undergoing heart and lung transplants within the specific context of " High Intensity Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Hospitalization" of the IRCCS University Hospital of Bologna. The study aims at helping nurses to provide more adequate care, in order to meet the individual needs of patients and describe the meaning and essence of the hospitalization experience, through the in-depth analysis of the specific words pronounced by the patients themselves.

Below are the questions that guided the research:

What is the general experience of the intensive care patients? What are the experiences, the perceptions and the unexpressed needs of these patients in relation to their hospitalization in intensive care?

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-30
• Status Verified: 2024-12
• Study Completion: 2024-12-30
• Study First Submitted: 2025-01-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-01-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-08
• Study First Posted: 2025-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 21

Inclusion Criteria

• able to understand and communicate in Italian
• transferred from intensive to sub-intensive care unit
• not affected by cognitive disorders
• who provides informed consent to the study

Exclusion Criteria

• none

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Experience, perceptions and unexpressed needs of heart and lung transplant patients	through study completion, an average of 1 year	This is a prospective qualitative descriptive observational study. Each enrolled patient will undergo a single semi-structured interview.; Following the semi-structured interview technique, the Investigator will have a list of questions to guide the interview and to remains topic-centered. The questions are open-ended.; The questionnaire will be structured into two macro areas: Questions related to the general experience of the ICU patient; Questions related to the experiences, perceptions and unexpressed needs of ICU patients (including personal impressions of hospital staff).; To avoid potential conditioning and to promote the free expression of the subjects, the interviews will be conducted by a Investigator who is part of ICU research team but not directly involved in patient care.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna; 🇮🇹 Bologna, Italy