CTSI-iPad for Vented Patient Communication

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Respiratory Failure

In brief

This study will enroll 75 mechanically vented adults in the ICU to compare self-reported ease of communication, patient satisfaction, and patient anxiety and frustration levels between a group using a communication application on an iPad and a group using standard methods of communication while mechanically vented.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03163823

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

21

Starts

2017-02-23

Expected to finish

2020-09-21

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sufficient motor and visual function to allow use of touch screen
• Mechanically ventilated
• Awake and able to participate in informed consent discussion

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English Speaking
• Receiving ventilator support prior to admission.
• Delirium present in the last 24 hours
• Tracheostomy
• Structural Neurological Injury (such as stroke or traumatic brain injury)
• Coma
• Deep Sedation (Richmond Agitation Scale > -2)

Where it is running

• Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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