Relatives Visit Prior to Hospital Admission & Intensive Care Unit

Effects of the Visit Prior to Hospital Admission on Anxiety, Depression and Satisfaction of Family in an Intensive Care Unit

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03605420

Enrollment

Registered

2018-07-30

Start date

2018-08-22

Completion date

2019-01-25

Last updated

2019-01-28

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Conditions

Anxiety, Care Unit Syndrome, Depression

Brief summary

The present study evaluates the effects of the visit prior to hospital admission on anxiety, depression and satisfaction of family in an intensive care unit.

Interventions

OTHERFamily visit prior to hospital admission

Family receiving one visit prior to hospital admission for surgery

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Family of a patient for hospital admission for surgery

Exclusion criteria

* Cognitive impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale	Change from Baseline anxiety and depression at 90 days	Anxiety subscale range from 0 to 21. Depression subscale range from 0 to 21. Higher values represent a worse outcome (higher depression or anxiety).

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026