NCT03969810|Completed
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Sponsor study identifier
interventional
252
1 country
1
Study Start
June 1, 2019
Actual (reported)Primary Completion
January 11, 2021
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 12, 2021
Actual (reported)Many patients in intensive care units (ICUs) rely on family members or surrogates to make medical decisions on their behalf. One of the recommended ways to improve a surrogate's experience is to invite him or her to participate in daily, multidisciplinary ICU rounds. In practice, this is often a challenging way for clinicians to engage with the patient's surrogates. Surrogates of non-decisional ICU patients will be randomized to receive a written rounding summary every day or every other day that the patient is in the ICU. The summary will be organized as follows for each of the most important ICU problems: 1) Description of the problem, 2) Ways the ICU team is addressing the problem i.e. consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. 3) An assessment of whether the problem is improving or worsening. The investigators hypothesize that surrogates who receive written rounding summaries will be more satisfied with ICU care than surrogates who receive usual care. Satisfaction will be measured by the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) questionnaire.
Registry-reported information. Elapsed time and enrollment totals alone do not measure study progress or recruitment pace.
February 12, 2021
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Dates and qualifiers reported by the registry. Estimated dates do not confirm that a milestone has occurred.
May 10, 2019
Actual (reported)May 31, 2019
Actual (reported)June 1, 2019
Actual (reported)January 11, 2021
Actual (reported)February 12, 2021
Actual (reported)Surrogate Satisfaction with Patient Care: Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) questionnaire
Score on the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) questionnaire. 14 questions. Total score range 14-56 with lower scores indicating better satisfaction.
Measured once 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first). For patients who remain in the ICU an additional 5 days after first measurement, the outcome will be measured again.
Surrogate Anxiety and Depression
Measured once 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first). For patients who remain in the ICU an additional 5 days after first measurement, the outcome will be measured again.
Surrogate Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Measured once 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first). For patients who remain in the ICU an additional 5 days after first measurement, the outcome will be measured again.
Surrogate and physician agreement regarding the patient's condition
Measured once 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first). For patients who remain in the ICU an additional 5 days after first measurement, the outcome will be measured again.
Change in Surrogate Satisfaction with Patient Care: Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) questionnaire
From enrollment to 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first).
Change in Surrogate Anxiety and Depression
From enrollment to 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first).
Qualitative feedback from participating surrogates
Measured once 5-7 days after enrollment (or within 24 hours of ICU discharge if this occurs first). For patients who remain in the ICU an additional 5 days after first measurement, the outcome will be measured again.
Feedback from participating nurses
Daily while patient is in the ICU
Surrogate Satisfaction with Patient Care
Measured once 10-14 days after enrollment if patient still in ICU
Surrogates who are assigned to the intervention group will receive a written rounding summary every day or every other day that the patient is in the ICU. The summary will be organized as follows for each of the most important ICU problems: 1) Description of the problem, 2) Ways the ICU team is addressing the problem i.e. consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. 3) An assessment of whether the problem is improving or worsening. For patients assigned to the intervention group, the investigators will forward the previous day's summary to the ICU nurse at the beginning of each day shift. After participating in morning rounds, ICU nurses will be asked to modify the summary based on the plan for the day. Nurses will be asked to use the written summary to guide communication with surrogates that day.
Usual ICU care
Written summary of rounds
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Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States
Davidson JE, Jones C, Bienvenu OJ. Family response to critical illness: postintensive care syndrome-family. Crit Care Med. 2012 Feb;40(2):618-24. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318236ebf9.
Nelson JE, Hanson LC, Keller KL, Carson SS, Cox CE, Tulsky JA, White DB, Chai EJ, Weiss SP, Danis M. The Voice of Surrogate Decision-Makers. Family Responses to Prognostic Information in Chronic Critical Illness. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Oct 1;196(7):864-872. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0201OC.
252 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
May 10, 2019
First Posted
May 31, 2019
Study Start
June 1, 2019
Actual (reported)Avoiding Health Disparities When Collecting Patient Contextual Data for Clinical Care and Pragmatic Research
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Brown SM, Rozenblum R, Aboumatar H, Fagan MB, Milic M, Lee BS, Turner K, Frosch DL. Defining patient and family engagement in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Feb 1;191(3):358-60. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201410-1936LE. No abstract available.
Davidson JE, Aslakson RA, Long AC, Puntillo KA, Kross EK, Hart J, Cox CE, Wunsch H, Wickline MA, Nunnally ME, Netzer G, Kentish-Barnes N, Sprung CL, Hartog CS, Coombs M, Gerritsen RT, Hopkins RO, Franck LS, Skrobik Y, Kon AA, Scruth EA, Harvey MA, Lewis-Newby M, White DB, Swoboda SM, Cooke CR, Levy MM, Azoulay E, Curtis JR. Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jan;45(1):103-128. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002169.
Thinnes WE, Harrison MR, Basapur S, Weiss MA, Quinn TV, Ritz EM, Shah RC, Greenberg JA. Written Communication, Visitation Policies, and Awareness of Medical Issues Among Intensive Care Unit Families. Am J Crit Care. 2023 Jul 1;32(4):302-306. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2023986.
Greenberg JA, Basapur S, Quinn TV, Bulger JL, Schwartz NH, Oh SK, Shah RC, Glover CM. Challenges faced by families of critically ill patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 Feb;105(2):297-303. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.029. Epub 2021 Aug 27.
Primary Completion
January 11, 2021
Actual (reported)Study Completion
February 12, 2021
Actual (reported)Last Updated
March 9, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-03
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