Resource Availability Following Critical Illness

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Quality of Life

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03800628

Run by

Walden University

People needed

30

Starts

2018-12-07

Expected to finish

2019-08-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• emotional or psychological inability to participate in a 30-min interview
• not meeting inclusion criteria

Where it is running

• Wake Forest Baptist Health — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)

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