Generic Health Relevance, Disease: Critical Care Mental and Behavioural Disorders Anxiety disorder, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
1. Intervention group: receive UCCDIP prior to discharge from critical care, delivered by bedside nurse
2. Control group: receive ad-hoc verbal information from the bedside nurse about discharge to th
Sponsors
King's College London (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients and family members/carers, more than 18 years of age 2. Elective or emergency admissions who have been in critical care (intensive or high dependency care) for at least 72 hours 3. Critical care patients identified for discharge to a general ward setting 4. Elective discharges between the hours of 0800-2200 5. All critical care and ward nurses (from wards who have received patients discharged from critical care during the study period) will also be invited to participate in part of the study 6. Male and female participants
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients for whom active treatment has been withdrawn 2. Inability to communicate verbally in or read English 3. Involvement in the phase I focus group study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient hospital anxiety and depression measured one week after critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Feasibility measured after end of trial period 2. Patient and relative coping measured one week post critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days 3. Patient enablement measured one week post critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days 4. Relative anxiety and depression measured one week after patient critical care discharge and hospital discharge or after 28 days 5. User experience measured at hospital discharge | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed