Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit - a Multicentre Assessment

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00890513

Acronym

Swiss-BEAN

Enrollment

1200

Registered

2009-04-29

Start date

2007-04-30

Completion date

2007-12-31

Last updated

2009-11-20

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Conditions

Critical Illness

Brief summary

The primary aim of the present study is to assess satisfaction in a large sample of next of kin in Swiss-German ICUs. Secondary aims are to test the hypothesis that family satisfaction is related to ICU structure and process and to factors related to patients and next of kin. Further, the hypothesis will be tested that proxy assessment is possible, i.e. next of kin rate satisfaction with care similar to patients.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* family members of patients staying for \> 48 hours in an ICU

Exclusion criteria

* lack of consent, * insufficient knowledge of German language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To assess satisfaction in Swiss-German ICUs	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To test the hypothesis that family satisfaction is related to ICU structure and process To test the hypothesis that proxy assessment is possible	—

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results