ICU Patient and Family Comfort Study
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Pain, Thirst, Anxiety, Satisfaction
In brief
The purpose of this study is to evaluate family-led interventions for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients' symptoms (i.e., pain and thirst) that will involve ICU patients' family members in the non-pharmacological management of these symptoms. This family involvement may help to ameliorate not only patients' symptoms but also the families' symptoms and promote family satisfaction with ICU care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00798941
- Run by
- University of California, San Francisco
- People needed
- 120
- Starts
- 2009-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2010-07-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient:
- in ICU for at least 24 hours;
- adult;
- able to self-report;
- pain and thirst greater than 3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale;
- English-speaking.
- Family member:
- 18 years or older;
- visits patient more than other family members;
- closest person to patient (can be non-biological).
You may not qualify if…
- Patient:
- in ICU for at less than 24 hours;
- non-adult;
- unable to self-report;
- no pain and thirst greater than 3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale;
- non-English-speaking.
- Family member:
- younger than 18 years;
- visits patient less than other family members;
- not closest person to patient.
Where it is running
- U.C. San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
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