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The HORIZON-IC study: The effect of Intensive Care Unit-specific Virtual Reality (ICU-VR) on mental health and health-related quality of life in critical illness survivors.

Recruiting
Conditions
post-intensive care syndroom (angst/post-traumatische stress/depressie)
anxiety
depression
post-traumatic stress disoder
10002861
Registration Number
NL-OMON54059
Lead Sponsor
Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
270
Inclusion Criteria

• >=18 years old
• ICU-Length of stay >=72 hours
• Mechanical ventilation >=24 hours
• Able to read and speak in the Dutch language
• Signed informed-consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Documented active, established psychiatric disease (for instance personality
disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, severe depression).
Patients who have suffered from psychiatric diseases in the past can
participate.
• A history or a primary neurological impairment necessitating ICU treatment
(patients admitted with traumatic brain injury, CVA, stroke, meningitis).
• Decreased cognitive functioning during inclusion, as defined by a Telephone
Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) score less than 27.
• Active delirium during inclusion
• Lack of formal home address
• Moribund patients at the ICU or hospital ward with a life expectancy <48
hours of receiving palliative care

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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