Resource Availability Following Critical Illness

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Perception of Quality of Life and Resource Availability After Surviving Critical Illness

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03800628
• Other study ID #: 09-06-2018-0576535
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: December 7, 2018
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Walden University
• Contact: Michelle M McMoon
• Phone: 410-300-2786
• Email: michelle.mcmoon[@]waldenu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the vital issues in recovery of QOL from the perspective of survivors of critical illness and understand these patients' views on rehabilitative services in the United States (U.S.). The theoretical framework for this study is Max Weber's Rational Choice Theory (RCT). The research questions will focus on understanding post-ICU QOL and the patients' experience with rehabilitative services following critical illness. A phenomenological study design is being employed, using semi-structured individual interviews with critical illness survivors. Data from the interviews will be coded for thematic analysis. The implications for social change include defining the meaning of QOL for an ICU survivor and improving healthcare policies for the therapies necessary to return survivors to a life worth living.

Description:

The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the patient perception of QOL after surviving critical illness and how survivors can help illuminate gaps in current health policies to provide better recovery resources for this growing population.

The central research questions are:

RQ1: What are the issues important to preserve quality of life from the perspective of critical illness survivors? RQ2: How do survivors of critical illness describe rehabilitative services after discharge?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• critical illness survivors within 18 months of ICU discharge

• minimum 48 hours of mechanical ventilation

• ability to read and understand English

• over the age of 18

Exclusion Criteria:

• emotional or psychological inability to participate in a 30-min interview

• not meeting inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Critical Illness
• Quality of Life

Intervention

Other:
• qualitative study
semi-structured interviews

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Wake Forest Baptist Health	Winston-Salem	North Carolina

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Walden University	Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	RQ1: What are the issues important to preserve quality of life from the perspective of critical illness survivors?	semi-structured, open-ended qualitative interview	6 months