ACT-ICU Study: Activity and Cognitive Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Brain Injuries, Dementia, Myopathies, Muscle Disorders
In brief
Intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization saves lives but often does so at a high personal cost to ICU survivors who frequently experience significant cognitive impairment and an array of physical and functional disabilities that limit their recovery and quality of life. While the problems experienced by these patients are likely amenable to rehabilitation, few ICU survivors receive focused rehabilitation. Recently, early physical rehabilitation in ICU patients has shown to improve the chances a patient will regain their pre-hospital functional status. Early cognitive rehabilitation for these patients has not yet been explored. This pilot study will determine the feasibility of early cognitive rehabilitation in ICU patients. The investigators will perform cognitive and physical rehabilitation, beginning in the earliest phases of critical illness, to determine the effect of these therapies on cognitive and functional outcomes in ICU survivors. The investigators hypothesize that combined cognitive and physical rehabilitation, started in the ICU, will improve recovery of cognitive and physical function as well as improve quality of life of ICU survivors.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01270269
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University
- People needed
- 87
- Starts
- 2011-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adult patients admitted to the medical or surgical ICU who are receiving treatment for respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, hemorrhagic shock, and/or septic shock.
You may not qualify if…
- Moderate to severe dementia on ICU admission based on a standardized surrogate assessment (as this would prohibit patients from functioning independently at home);
- Moderate or severe physical dysfunction that precludes performance of independent activities of daily living based on a standardized surrogate assessment;
- Live greater than 120 miles from Nashville;
- Blind, deaf, or unable to speak English;
- Prisoners;
- Homelessness and no secondary contact person available
Where it is running
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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