Stress Disorders Post Traumatic Clinical Trial
Official title:
ICU Diaries Impact of an ICU Diary on the Psychological Well-being of the Patients and Their Relatives. Mixed Multicenter Randomized Study With Blind Evaluation
The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of an ICU diary implemented during the ICU stay on the psychological well-being of patients and families after ICU discharge.
Implementation of an ICU diary in a randomized design in 36 ICUs in France The ICU diary
contains entries from staff and families or relatives
Quantitative description of psychological well-being of the patients and families or
relatives are evaluated 3 months after ICU discharge
Qualitative evaluation of how the patient uses the diary is scheduled by a phone interview 6
months after ICU discharge.
An amendment of the ethic committee permitted to increase in 2016/02 both the number of
eligible patients to 700 and the number of centers.
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