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NCT Number: NCT01449734

Family Satisfaction (FS) in the Intensive Care Unit

There is increasing awareness that high-quality care in the intensive care unit also includes care of visiting family members according to their needs. The investigators therefore want to assess family satisfaction using a questionnaire that was specially developed for this setting and recently validated for German-speaking participants.

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Key information

Conditions

Critical Illness Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Intensive Care Units of the University Hospital Jena

Jena, Thuringia, D-07743, Germany

About this study

Family members who visit patients on the ICU (intensive care unit) are not just onlookers. They experience the process of care along with their loved ones. Increasingly, the satisfaction of family members with ICU care, decision-making and information, and their empowerment to contribute towards patient care as near relatives, is being perceived as an important aspect of the general quality of ICU care.

Family satisfaction is assessed using the 34-item FS-ICU questionnaire which was recently validated for German-speaking participants.

The aim of this pilot survey is to identify opportunities for improvement of family satisfaction.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • all visiting family members who consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • no more than two family members per patient;
  • prior participation

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Family Satisfaction in the ICU (FS-ICU) Questionnaire- Overall Satisfaction Score

    Time frame: From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months

    Overall satisfaction score is calculated as the mean of 24 Items concerning satisfaction with care, communication and decision-making. After transformation of Items the score has a scale reaching from 0 (highly unsatisfied) to 100 (highly satisfied).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Patient Severity of Illness

    Time frame: From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months

  2. Patient Length of Stay on the ICU

    Time frame: From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months

  3. Patient Mortality

    Time frame: From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Germany

Other

Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Registry information

Official study title

Observational Study of Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit Using the German-language FS-ICU

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Oct 10, 2011
Registry last updated
Nov 11, 2013

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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