Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Diary Project

PTSD Clinical Trial

Official title: Implementing an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Diary Program at a Large Academic Medical Center: Results From a Randomized Control Trial Evaluating Psychological Morbidity Associated With Critical Illness

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Psychological morbidity in both patients and family members related to the intensive care unit (ICU) experience is an often overlooked, and potentially persistent, healthcare problem recognized by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). ICU diaries are an intervention increasingly under study with potential to mitigate ICU-related psychological morbidity, include ICU-related PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), depression and anxiety.

Clinical Trial Description

The investigators compared the efficacy of the ICU diary, prospectively written by third-parties during the patient's intensive care course, versus education-alone, on reducing acute PTSD symptoms after discharge. Patients with an ICU stay greater than 72 hours, and who were intubated and mechanically ventilated over 24 hours, were recruited and randomized to either receive a diary at bedside with psychoeducation, or psychoeducation alone. Intervention patients received their ICU diary within the first week of admission into the intensive care unit. Psychometric testing with IES-R, PHQ-8, HADS and GAD-7 was conducted at weeks 4, 12, and 24 after ICU discharge. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Post ICU Syndrome
• PTSD
• Syndrome

• NCT number: NCT04305353
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Tulane University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 26, 2017
• Completion date: September 1, 2020