Teamwork for Resilient Staff and Safe Care in ICU

NCT06389773 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 302958
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 75
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

The goal of this ethnographic study is to observe how healthcare professionals work together in an intensive care unit (ICU). The main questions it aims to answer are

• How do healthcare staff work together in everyday ICU settings?
• What helps people work together in ICUs?
• What challenges do staff face in working together in ICUs?
• How have teamwork practices changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? Researchers will shadow staff during their day-to-day work. Key staff members will also be interviewed about their perceptions and experiences of teamwork.

Conditions

Teamwork

Keywords

wellbeing; intensive care; patient safety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Examine the changing nature of teamwork in ICUs in the post-pandemic context

  Ethnographic data, including observational notes and interview transcripts will be collected and analysed using thematic analysis.

  12 months

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

healthcare professionals working in a selected intensive care unit

You may qualify if:

• healthcare professionals
• work in an intensive care unit
• work in a selected case study site

You may not qualify if:

• not a healthcare professional (e.g. patients and their families)
• not working in an intensive care unit
• not working in a selected case study site

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King's College London: lead

Study Sites (3)

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Harefield, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Southampton, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Yeovil, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Xyrichis A, Rose L. Interprofessional collaboration in the intensive care unit: Power sharing is key (but are we up to it?). Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2024 Feb;80:103536. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103536. Epub 2023 Sep 30. No abstract available.

  PMID: 37783179 BACKGROUND

Central Study Contacts

Andreas Xyrichis, PhD

CONTACT

+442078483649; andreas.xyrichis@kcl.ac.uk

Brianne Wenning, PhD

CONTACT

442078483649; brianne.wenning@kcl.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 25, 2024
• First Posted: April 29, 2024
• Study Start: March 21, 2025
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2026
• Study Completion: July 31, 2026
• Last Updated: August 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (3)