Discomfort in Intensive Care Patients - IPREA-N

Assessment of Discomfort in Intensive Care Patients and Psychometric Testing of the Applied Questionnaire IPREA-N

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06091046

Enrollment

250

Registered

2023-10-19

Start date

2024-08-31

Completion date

2025-09-30

Last updated

2023-10-30

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Conditions

Critical Illness, Discomfort

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate discomforts experienced by intensive care patients during their critical illness period. We will use the Norwegian version of the questionnaire Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation (IPREA), the IPREA-N.Patients will be asked to rate18 questions about different possible discomforts on a 0-10 scale after their intensive care stay. Furthermore we aim to test whether the questionnaire when translated into Norwegian is useful in the Norwegian patient population. The aim of the study is * to assess perceived discomfort in intensive care patients using the IPREA-N questionnaire * to test psychometric properties of the questionnaire

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

* Adult intensive care patients (\> 18 years), * Understanding Norwegian * Having spent more than 48 hours in the intensive care unit. * Ability to consent to participation and self-report discomfort

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who move to another hospital and cannot complete the questionnaire within 24 hours due to health status or practical reasons.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Discomfort measured by IPREA-N questionnaire	Within 24 hours following Intensive care unit stay	IPREA-N consists of 18 Questions about discomfort during intensive care stay, answered on a 0-10 scale. Questions cover discomforts caused by noise, too much light, uncomfortable bed, lack of sleep, thirst, hunger, feeling cold, feeling hot, pain, medical devices, embarrassment, anxiety or panic, isolation, visiting hours restriction, lack of telephone, lack of information, difficulty breathing and feelings of depression,

Contacts

Primary ContactBrita Fosser Olsen, Phd

brita.fosser.olsen@so-hf.no+47 99165586

Backup ContactEdda Johansen, Phd

edda.johansen@usn.no+47 41642376

Outcome results