Functional ICUS in Uganda and Their Survival Outcomes

NCT03511742 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: #REC REF 2018-004
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 367
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aim of the study is to describe the functional characteristics of Icus in Uganda and their @8-day patient characteristics it is a prospective cohort study .All Icus in Uganda will be included and their admitted patients followed upto 28 days in the ICU for mortality

Conditions

Critical Illness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 28 day mortality

  Total number of patients who died during the study period within 28 days over the total number recruited, and a survival analysis will be plowed on a Kaplan Meier

  3 months

• functional characteristics of ICUs in Uganda

  outcome measure will be descriptive, that is interms of ICU location(urban or rural), staffing (nurse to patient ratio), infrastructure(floor space cm2), monitoring equipment, services rendered(organ support), and the ICU operation models(closed versus open) will be assessed for association with patient outcome

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• factors associated with mortality

  3 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Target population Critically ill patients in all Intensive care units in Uganda Accessible population. All ICUs in Uganda. All patients admitted to the intensive care units in Uganda during the study period.

You may qualify if:

• All new patients admitted to Uganda's Intensive Care Units ICUs in Uganda whose unit heads verbally consent to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients transferred in from another unit will not be re recruited. ICUs that don't consent to the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Makerere University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Atumanya Patience

Kampala, 256, Uganda

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Critical Illness

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Resident Anesthesia and critical care

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2018
• First Posted: April 30, 2018
• Study Start: January 8, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2018
• Study Completion: April 30, 2018
• Last Updated: April 30, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: SAP, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: within 6 months
• Access Criteria: open access

Locations

UG (1)