Impact of Resident Participation in Post-ICU Follow Up Clinic

NCT05713669 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: HUM00225631
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to describe the impact of a meeting between patients that were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and a provider that cared for the patients during the period of critical illness. The study team is aiming to describe the effect this meeting has on the physician that previously cared for the patient. The study team hypothesizes that facilitating involvement in post-ICU clinic and creating longitudinal relationships between providers of critical care and survivors of critical illness will have positive effects on trainees, both in professional fulfillment and burnout scores and in perceptions of critical care.

Conditions

Professional Burnout

Keywords

Perceptions of critical care; Professional fulfillment.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in the Professional Fulfillment Scale

  The survey consists of 6 questions that are measured on a 5 point Likert scale (scored 0 to 4, with 4 representing higher fulfillment).

  Baseline (pre-post ICU follow-up visit), approximately 14 days post patient's follow-up visit

• Changes in the Burnout Scale

  This scale has 4 questions that will indicate the level of burnout with scores from not at all =0 - extremely =4. A higher score indicates a higher sense of burnout.

  Baseline (pre-post ICU follow-up visit), approximately 14 days post patient's follow-up visit

Study Arms (2)

Residents meet ICU patients during follow-up visit (encounter)

EXPERIMENTAL

Residents will be paired according to the patient that were cared.

Behavioral: Encounter visit with Patients

Residents in the non-encounter group

OTHER

Residents will not meet with patients that were in the ICU.

Behavioral: Non-encounter surveys

Interventions

Encounter visit with Patients BEHAVIORAL

Participants in this encounter group will be asked to complete a pre and post-intervention survey, participate in a meeting with a former ICU patient at a post-ICU clinic, and undergo an in-person interview within fourteen days following the encounter.

Residents meet ICU patients during follow-up visit (encounter)

Non-encounter surveys BEHAVIORAL

Surveys will be completed pre and post patient follow-up.

Residents in the non-encounter group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- Must be eligible for Post ICU Longitudinal Survivor Experience (PULSE) clinic follow up and/or have received referral to clinic
• Must have completed at least one 2-week rotation in the medical ICU at the University of Michigan
• Must have cared for an enrolled patient in the study

You may not qualify if:

• \- Died during ICU stay
• \- Provided only "cross-cover" for the patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Jakob McSparron, MD

  University of Michigan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Maddie Lagina, MD

CONTACT

734-763-9077; laginam@med.umich.edu

Jakob McSparron, MD

CONTACT

734-763-9077; jmcsparr@med.umich.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Model Details: A Total of 20 residents will be recruited (10 residents in the intervention arm; 10 residents in the control arm). One resident in each pair will be randomized to participate in a follow up encounter in the post-ICU clinic with the patient that residents have cared for (intervention) and one will have no follow up encounter (control). There will be 10 patients enrolled for the study and will not be randomized into any arm. Outcomes are based on the residents only.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 27, 2023
• First Posted: February 6, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Last Updated: April 14, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)