Adherence and influencing factors to noise management in intensive care units

Conditions: oise in the ICU-Setting

Registration Number: DRKS00032043

Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Freiburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 16

Inclusion Criteria

• Staff in the participating ICUs,
• Has been worked in the participating ICU for at least two years.
• Leading members of the participating intensive care units,
• Employees of the management area with at least two years of responsibility for one of the participating intensive care units,
• Employees in coordinative, supervising respectively advisory function for intensive care units,
• Speaks and understands German.

Exclusion Criteria

Participatory observations:
• Situations in which one person present presents verbally or non-verbally indications of disapproval about researcher`s observation or presence trough facial expressions, gestures or other expressions.
Interviews:
• Trainees in nursing or therapeutic professions or students of human medicine,
• Group of relief employees pool of temporary staff
• Employees who have been in their job or function for less than two years,
• Employees without responsibility for one of the participating intensive care units.

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The study, using a mixed-methods approach, primarily pursues qualitative research methods. Adherence is the main focus with following points:<br>• Employees’ adherence among noise management in the ICU.<br>• Adherence to noise management in intensive care units from the perspective of managers and persons of the coordinating area.<br>• Potential factors influencing adherence to noise management in the ICU. <br>Adherence will be assessed through qualitative research methods. First, participatory observations take place in a period of four weeks, to record the behaviour towards noise in the daily routine of the ICU ward. The analyses are descriptive in nature and follow grounded theory. Taking into account the findings from the observations, in another four weeks period, semi-structured interviews will be conducted to deepen the findings. The analyses are descriptive in nature and follow qualitative content analyse.

Secondary Outcome Measures