Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Diary Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: PTSD, Post ICU Syndrome

In brief

Psychological morbidity in both patients and family members related to the intensive care unit (ICU) experience is an often overlooked, and potentially persistent, healthcare problem recognized by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as Post-intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). ICU diaries are an intervention increasingly under study with potential to mitigate ICU-related psychological morbidity, include ICU-related PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), depression and anxiety.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04305353

Run by

Tulane University School of Medicine

People needed

60

Starts

2017-09-26

Expected to finish

2020-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• admitted to the intensive care unit for at least 72 hours
• sedated and mechanically ventilated for at least 24 hours.
• available over-the-phone, up to 6 months post-ICU discharge

You may not qualify if…

• any patients who do not voluntarily agree to participate
• not fluent in the English language
• patients who have stayed in the ICU for less than 72 hours
• patients who have been sedated and mechanically ventilated for less than 24 hours
• patients with pre-existing severe psychotic illness, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, PTSD, stroke, traumatic brain injury, neurocognitive impairment, or intellectual disability
• patients with no phone number or reliable contact information for the sake of follow-up
• prisoners
• pregnant patients

Where it is running

• Tulane University School of Medicine — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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