Comparison of Self-assessment vs. Assessment by Others of Critically Ill Patients

Agreement in Relatives' Assessment in Standardized Questionnaires of Patients Who Have Been Admitted to Intensive Care Compared to Patients Who Have Not Been Admitted to Intensive Care (ASTON Study)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03785444

Acronym

ASTON

Enrollment

200

Registered

2018-12-24

Start date

2019-02-25

Completion date

2020-08-15

Last updated

2020-10-06

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Conditions

Critical Illness, Self-Assessment, Assessment, Self

Keywords

Assessment by others, Self-Assessment, Critically ill, Intensive care, standardized questionnaire, functional status, WHODAS, EQ5D, IADL, Barthel Score, SF-36, MoCA Blind

Brief summary

We will test the results of standardized questionnaires for patients admitted to intensive care assessed by relatives/caregivers compared to the patient itself. Furthermore we will compare results with patients not admitted to intensive care.

Interventions

OTHERWHODAS 2.0

WHO Disability Score

OTHEREQ5D

Health related quality of life measured with European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Level

OTHERIADL

The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

OTHERBarthel-Score

Barthel Score of the patient

OTHERSF-36

Short Form Health 36

OTHERMoCA Blind

Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patient with a postoperative risk to be admitted to intensive care * signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* patient who is not able to fill out the questionnaires alone and independent * patient without relatives or a caregiver who could answer the assessment after surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Agreement in assessment of ICU patients	2 weeks before hospital admission	Comparison of results of self-assessment versus assessment by others of standardized questionnaires of postoperative patients admitted to intensive care

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Agreement in assessment of ICU vs. non-ICU patients	2 weeks before hospital admission	Comparison of results of assessment of questionnaires of ICU patients vs. non-ICU patients
Agreement in assessment of non-ICU patients	2 weeks before hospital admission	Comparison of results of self-assessment versus assessment by others of standardized questionnaires of postoperative patients not admitted to intensive care but to the normal ward
Multivariate testing using the closeness of the relationship	2 weeks before hospital admission	It will be tested if the closeness of relationship patient - relative/caregiver changes the agreement, i.e. if the agreement is dependent or independent of the closeness of the relationship

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Definition of criteria which define an appropriate close relationship to receive a reliable test result	2 weeks before hospital admission	Test which closeness of relationship is sufficient to provide adequate test results compared with the patient's answers

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026