Experience of Staying in Intensive Care and Impact on Quality of Life
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- ICE questionnaire score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
It now seems well established that post-traumatic stress disorder following a stay in intensive care is one of the factors that affects patients' quality of life after they leave hospital.
Several qualitative and quantitative studies suggest that there are several factors associated with the onset of this post-traumatic stress disorder, including the absence of memory of the stay in intensive care. With this in mind, some intensive care units (in France and abroad) are implementing measures to improve the patient experience during their stay, particularly to compensate for this lack of memory: several studies show a link between the introduction of intensive care unit logbooks and a decrease in the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home.
The aim of this research project is to measure the experience of the stay in intensive care and its possible impact on quality of life. It is therefore part of a process of implementing measures within general and cardiovascular surgical intensive care units, aimed at better assessing and improving the quality of life of patients after a stay in intensive care.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Case Only
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Months to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adult patient (≥ 18 years)
- •Stay in intensive care > 48 hours
Exclusion Criteria
- •Admission to intensive care following scheduled surgery.
- •Readmission to intensive care (previous admission within the 30 days prior).
- •Patient under legal guardianship
- •Inability to complete a questionnaire
- •Poor reading and/or speaking comprehension of French
- •Patient under guardianship or conservatorship.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
ICE questionnaire score
Time Frame: Between 1 and 3 days after discharge from the intensive care unit.
ICE (Impact Confidence Experience) questionnaire score: The scores for each letter (I, C, E) are added together or averaged. The higher the score, the better. This indicates a positive experience, trust, and a significant impact. Simple example: * Impact = 8/10 → The service was very helpful. * Trust = 9/10 → I trust this team. * Experience = 7/10 → My experience was quite good. Average ICE score = (8 + 9 + 7) ÷ 3 = 8/10
Quality of life questionnaire score (SF36)
Time Frame: Day 30 after discharge from hospital
The SF-36 is a health questionnaire consisting of 36 questions. Each dimension receives a score from 0 to 100: * 100 = very good quality of life * 0 = very poor quality of life
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported