Parameters affecting the quality of physician-familiy-communication in informative consultations in cases of very severe illness of the patient in the intensive care unit

Parameters affecting the quality of physician-familiy-communication in informative consultations in cases of very severe illness of the patient in the intensive care unit - KEEPINg

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017430

Enrollment

Registered

2019-06-04

Start date

2019-05-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

communication quality between physicians and family members of severly ill patients in the intensive care unit

Interventions

Group 1: family members of severly ill patients in the intensive care unit (--> interview) Group 2: physicians in the intensive care unit (--> interview)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Family member of a severly ill patient with an anticipated stay in the intensive care unit of more than 72h - Declaration of informed consent of the family member to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - family member of the patient is less than 18 years old - not meeting inclusion criteria - revocation of the previously declared informed consent to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
List of factors contributing to the success of physician-family-communication ordered according to their implicitely ascribed importance family members (-> qualitative content analysis) + comparison with the corresponding list compiled for physicians	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
list of factors contributing to the success of physician-family-communication ordered according to their explicitely ascribed importance family members (-> card sorting procedure) + comparison with the corresponding list compiled for physicians	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMargarete Boos

Abteilung für Sozial- und Kommunikationspsychologie des Georg-Elias-Müller-Instituts für Psychologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

mboos@uni-goettingen.de0551-39-4705

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026