Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit - a Multicentre Assessment

The primary aim of the present study is to assess satisfaction in a large sample of next of kin in Swiss-German ICUs.

Secondary aims are to test the hypothesis that family satisfaction is related to ICU structure and process and to factors related to patients and next of kin. Further, the hypothesis will be tested that proxy assessment is possible, i.e. next of kin rate satisfaction with care similar to patients.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Intenisve Care Medicine, Inselspital

Bern, Canton of Bern, CH-3010, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

family members of patients staying for > 48 hours in an ICU

Exclusion criteria

lack of consent,
insufficient knowledge of German language

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

To assess satisfaction in Swiss-German ICUs

Secondary outcomes

To test the hypothesis that family satisfaction is related to ICU structure and process To test the hypothesis that proxy assessment is possible

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

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Registry information

Acronym: Swiss-BEAN

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2007
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Apr 29, 2009
Registry last updated: Nov 20, 2009

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