Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Conditions
Keywords
Tissue Donors, Tissue and Organ Procurement, Brain death, Withdrawal of life support
Brief summary
This study concerns the nearest relatives of patients who have passed away within 3 days of admission to an ICU due to: (1) brain death with multiple organ donation +/- tissues or (2) death via limitation and / or cessation of active treatment (LATA) without brain death or (3) sudden death of a previously healthy patient (no physical or mental limitations; MacCabe score = 0) within 3 days of admission to ICU without LATA nor brain death. Our primary objective is to determine the proportion of nearest relatives at risk for post traumatic stress disorder as defined by an Impact of Event Scale score greater than 37, and to compare this factor between the three above-mentioned groups.
Interventions
OTHERIES-R and HDAS scores
The Impact of Event Scale and Hospital Depression and Anxiety Score questionnaires are administered to participants.
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Participants are the nearest relatives (or person-of-trust) of a patient who has passed away in an intensive care unit (ICU). The cause of death must fall into 1 of the following three categories: (1) brain death with multiple organ donation +/- tissues; (2) death via limitation and / or cessation of active treatment (LATA) without brain death; (3) sudden death of a previously healthy patient (no physical or mental limitations; MacCabe score = 0) within 3 days of admission to ICU without LATA nor brain death * The participant must be one of the following (roman numerals indicate prioritization in choice of participants, if needed): (i) designated person-of-trust; (ii) spouse/partner of the deceased; (iii) parent of the deceased; (iv) child of the deceased; (v) sibling of the deceased.
Exclusion criteria
* Patient deceased after 3 days of ICU care without LATA * The deceased was under 18 years old * The deceased was over 70 years old * Refusal to participated * Participant does not speak French * The participant is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship * The participant is deaf or mute * The deceased has no nearest relative
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IES-R > 37: yes/no | 6 weeks | Impact of Event Scale score greater than 37: yes/no |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IES-R | 6 weeks | Impact of Event scale score (score varying from 0 (no risk of post traumatic stress) to 88 (highest risk of post traumatic stress)). |
| HDAS score | 6 weeks | Hospital Depression and Anxiety Score (varies from 0 to 21). A score \>8 indicates clinically significant anxiety/depression. |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed