To investigate the effect of nurse led follow up talks to prevent posttraumatic stress (PTS) symptoms and improve quality of life and sence of coherence after an intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Secondly: Investigate level of psychological distress, quality of life, hope and work participation in ICU patients after an ICU stay and factors associated with these outcomes.
The ICU patient experiences total dependence on health care professionals and technical devices. Some patients report unpleasant memories such as pain, feeling helpless, or delusional experiences from the ICU stay and many report physical or mental symptoms after discharge from the ICU. Return to work rate after ICU treatment differs. Most ICU patients receive analgesics and sedatives to relieve pain and discomfort during the stay. Thus many patients have few memories from their time being critically ill. For patients with few memories from the ICU stay this represents an interruption in the patient's life history. Since personal identity is influenced by the stories we tell about ourselves, loss of memory from a period with critical illness might be experienced as a threat towards self-confidence and sense of coherence. Some patients with traumatic memories from the ICU develop PTS symptoms after discharge. In order to help the earlier ICU patient to achieve a life with less physical and mental complaints, some ICUs have established a follow up program in outpatient clinics after discharge from hospital, but there is sparse evidence of the effectiveness of this intervention, and what type of follow up that best help the patients. The primary aim of the study is to: Investigate if a group of previous intensive care patients receiving nurse led follow up talks three times after discharge from the ICU have less post traumatic stress symptoms, pain, increased sense of coherence and, work participation and health related quality of life (HRQL) three, six and twelve months after discharge from the ICU compared to a control group receiving standard care. Secondary aim: Investigate level and predictors of anxiety, depression, PTS symptoms, hope, pain, HRQOL and work participation in intensive care patients ICU patients first year after discharge from ICU.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
224
Nurse led follow up talks at the ward and one and two months later.
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
Post traumatic stress symptoms
Baseline is measured when the patient has been discharged from the ICU to a ward. Change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after baseline
Sense of coherence (Sense of coherence scale 13)
Baseline is measured when the patient has been discharged from the ICU to a ward. Change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after baseline
Health related quality of life
Baseline is measured when the patient has been discharged from the ICU to a ward. Change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after baseline
Pain (Brief pain inventory)
Baseline is measured when the patient has been discharged from the ICU to a ward before leaving the hospital. Change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after baseline
Work participation
Baseline is measured when the patient has been discharged from the ICU to a ward. Change from baseline at 3, 6 and 12 months.
Time frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after baseline
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