Family Involvement in the Intensive Care Unit: a Prospective Cohort Study Exploring Its Effects on Sedation Dosages, Delirium, Ventilator-Free Days, and Length of Stay.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Intensive Care Patients
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
- Enrollment
- 122
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Sedative dose
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to investigate the effect of the time spent with relatives of patients treated in a tertiary intensive care unit on patient outcomes.
The main question it aimed to answer was:
Does spending more time with relatives of patients in intensive care result in lower sedative agent requirements? Does spending more time with relatives of patients in intensive care result in less delirium, fewer ventilator days, and shorter ICU stays?
Investigators
Oguzhan Kayhan
Medical Doctor, Lecturer
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients aged 18 and over.
- •Patients with at least one family member actively involved in the care process in the ICU.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with pre-existing cognitive impairment or dementia.
- •Patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
- •Patients with an expected mortality in the ICU of more than 80%.
- •Absence of family members for patients admitted to the ICU.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sedative dose
Time Frame: Each patient will be evaluated and recorded daily up to first 4 weeks of their stay in ICU.
It is the average daily dose of sedative drugs used by a patient. It will be calculated for each sedative drug. It will be calculated by dividing all doses taken by the number of days of hospitalization.
Secondary Outcomes
- Delirium(Each patient will be evaluated and recorded daily up to first 4 weeks of their stay in ICU.)
- Ventilatory days(Each patient will be evaluated and recorded daily up to first 4 weeks of their stay in ICU.)
- Stay in intensive care unit(Each patient will be evaluated and recorded daily up to first 4 weeks of their stay in ICU.)