Teamwork for Resilient Staff and Safe Care in ICU

NCT06389773 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 302958
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 75
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

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

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: September 2, 2024
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2025
• Study Completion: September 30, 2025
• Last Updated: April 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share