The Family Room App for Caregivers in the ICU
This study is testing a new tool called the Family Room application. This app is designed to help family members of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) by providing education, emotional support, and resources. The goal is to see if using the Family Room app can improve how involved caregivers are, their well-being, and their satisfaction. You might be able to join if you are at least 19 years old, are at the patient's bedside in the ICU, and are the patient's legal representative or designated caregiver. Researchers will measure caregiver engagement, daily activities within the app, and patient symptoms to see if the app is effective. The study plans to enroll 100 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This study will involve 100 participants and compares caregivers who receive routine care with those who use the Family Room application. It is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention.
- What's involved
- If you are in the control group, you will receive routine care. If you are in the intervention group, you will use the Family Room application on your personal device daily from enrollment until the patient leaves the ICU, which is an average of 3 weeks. You will also complete surveys at the start and within 48 hours of the patient leaving the ICU.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Caregiver engagement will be measured at study enrollment and within 48 hours of the patient leaving the ICU. Daily activity and patient symptoms will be measured daily from enrollment until the patient leaves the ICU, for an average of 3 weeks.
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The Impact of the Family Room App on Caregivers
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
2 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Breanna Hetland, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Nebraska
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What this trial measures
- Caregiver Engagement - Practical Aspects: FAMily Engagement (FAME) ToolAt study enrollment and within 48 hours of patient participant ICU discharge
The FAMily Engagement (FAME) questionnaire is a self-rated instrument developed to assess current family engagement. Questions address key principles of family-centered care, such as dignity and respect, information sharing, participation, and collaboration. They also address family engagement domains, including family presence, family needs, communication and education, decision making, and direct care. A five-point Likert scale (1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=neutral, 4=disagree, 5=strongly disagree) is used for responses, which are transformed to a 0-100 scoring system by dividing the sum of the scores by the number of questions answered. Higher scores indicate greater engagement in care and lower scores indicating lesser engagement.
- Daily Activity: Family Room ApplicationDaily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
The daily activity logged in the Family Room application at bedside is assessed (intervention group only).
- Daily Patient Symptoms - Severity of Illness: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (Apache II)Daily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II) is a severity-of-disease classification system used in the ICU. An integer score is assessed by medical staff from 0 to 71 is computed based on several measurements. Higher scores correspond to more severe disease and a higher risk of death. Information is taken from the electronic health record.
- Daily Patient Symptoms: Presence of Lines, Tubes and EquipmentDaily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
A daily count of number of lines, tubes and equipment present on ICU patient participant is taken. Information is taken from the electronic health record.
- Daily Patient Symptoms: Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)Daily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is assessed by medical staff to describe the extent of impaired consciousness. Patient participants are assessed daily according to three aspects: eye-opening ("1" no response to "4" spontaneous eye opening), motor response ("1" no response to "5" oriented) and verbal response ("1" no response to "6" obeying commands). The total score ranges between 3 and 15. Higher scores indicate better responsiveness. Information is taken from the electronic health record.
- Daily Patient Symptoms: PainDaily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
Pain scores are assessed by medical staff daily and range from "0" (no pain) to "10" (the worst pain). Information is taken from the electronic health record.
- Daily Patient Symptoms: Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS)Daily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) is a nurse assessed 10 point scale, with -5 (unarousable) to +4 (combative). Information is taken from the electronic health record.
- Daily Patient Symptoms: Confusion Assessment Method for the ICUDaily from enrollment until patient participant ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks
The Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) is a tool to assess the presence of delirium in ICU patient participant who are unable to talk. It involves a sedation assessment and a confusion assessment. The confusion assessment evaluates four features: acute onset or fluctuating course, inattention, disorganized thinking, and altered level of consciousness. A patient participant is considered to be confused if they have feature 1 plus 2 and either 3 or 4 present. The CAM-ICU score ranges from 0 to 4, with 4 being the most severe. Information is taken from the electronic health record.