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CPR Audiovisual Tool to Impact ICU Patients' Surrogate Anxiety Level.

Audiovisual Tool Use in the ICU, to Impact the Anxiety Level of Patients' Surrogates While Deciding on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03630965
Enrollment
26
Registered
2018-08-15
Start date
2017-05-08
Completion date
2020-05-30
Last updated
2020-09-02

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Conditions

Critical Illness

Brief summary

Video or No Video to decrease HCPOA/LAR anxiety and increase knowledge as it pertains to CPR.

Detailed description

Designated surrogate decision makers of 30 medical intensive care unit patients will be consented and enrolled to receive either a video describing CPR and it's outcomes after standard of care code discussions versus standard of care code discussions alone. All participants will complete a short questionnaire to determine their knowledge level regarding CPR and to assess their anxiety levels. Patients who view the video will also rate their comfort level while watching the video on a 5 point Likert scale.

Interventions

A 7.07 minutes' CPR video will be administered to the ICU patients' surrogates in Group B. After viewing the video, the surrogate will complete the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, a five-question survey about CPR, and a one-question form about comfort using the Likert Scale.

Sponsors

Medical College of Wisconsin
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Surrogate decision maker or power of attorney identified within the first 48 hours of ICU admission. Surrogates or power of attorney over the age of 18 y/o Secondary Subjects: * Admitted to the ICU * Critically ill to the point of treating team discussing code status with LAR/POA/Family

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Measure the impact of CPR video on the Surrogate's level of anxiety during the decision-making process on code status, in the ICU compared to the control group of surrogates (No intervention group).2.5 years30 surrogates in the ICU (15 in the intervention group and 15 in the No intervention group) will be administered the validated Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), to measure the surrogates' anxiety level . The HAM-A questionnaire has been validated to assess for anxiety, and classify anxiety. The Score in HAM-A is on a scale of 0 to 56 total score, when it is less than 17 there is no anxiety or mild; 18-24 is mild to moderate; 25-30 is moderate to severe; and 30-56 is severe anxiety. The HAM-A questionnaire has been validated to assess change in anxiety after an intervention or treatment, with a delta in total score of 8 with a Standard deviation of 1.7.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Measure the impact of CPR video on patients' surrogate's knowledge about CPR, when compared to the No intervention group.3 yearsKnowledge assessment will be performed with a 5 questions (1 point each) questionnaire.
Analyze the surrogates' comfort when watching the video.3 yearsSurrogate in the intervention group will be asked if he or she if feeling comfortable watching the video. This will be a single question that will be answered using a Likert Scale.
Describe if the CPR video's impact on surrogates' anxiety level, is affected by the patient's severity of illness as per the SOFA score.3 yearsWill calculate patients' SOFA score which is the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score. It is used to grade patients' severity of organs dysfunction and mortality. The SOFA Score is on a scale of 0-24, with higher numbers correlating with higher organs dysfunction and mortality.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 24, 2026