The study is a single-center, single-arm, prospective trial to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and acceptability of VoiceLOVE digital therapy for the management of delirium in surgical ICU patients. 15 participants will be enrolled. The study expects that 70% of participants will complete 20 -25 minutes of the VoiceLOVE digital therapy. Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize the findings. The intent is that this study will provide information for a larger, subsequent clinical trial of surgical ICU patients who are at risk for delirium.
VoiceLove digital therapy includes voice recordings of the participant's loved one delivered at the bedside via a smartphone attached to the bed. The VoiceLove digital therapy will be delivered in the morning and in the evening and will play for 20-25 minutes each session. Participants will have a pre-operative visit, 3 consecutive intervention visits with vital signs assessment, 7 days of assessments of Confusion Assessment Methods (CAM)-ICU (morning and evening), and 7 days of a Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale assessment. The participant will provide an assessment of the acceptability of the VoiceLove digital therapy using a system usability scale score at the end of their participation in the study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
VoiceLove digital interventions represent voice recordings, specifically, (i) Reorientation messages, and (ii) general communication domain calming and encouraging voice messages recorded in familiar voices from family and friends. Families will be guided to record and deliver Reorientation messages, that can be played to the patient.
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGFeasibility of VoiceLove digital therapy use by participants in the ICU
70% of participants complete two 25-minute sessions of VoiceLove digital therapy per day for 3 days
Time frame: Baseline to day 3
Change in peripheral arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) after VoiceLove digital therapy
Mean change in SpO2 during VoiceLove digital therapy sessions
Time frame: Start of VoiceLove digital therapy to 25 minutes of session on day 1, on day 2, and on day 3.
Change in blood pressure after VoiceLove digital therapy
Mean change in blood pressure during VoiceLove digital therapy sessions
Time frame: Start of Voice Love digital therapy to 25 minutes of session on day 1, on day 2, and on day 3.
Change in respiratory rate after VoiceLove digital therapy
Mean change in respiratory rate during VoiceLove digital therapy sessions
Time frame: Start of VoiceLove digital therapy to 25 minutes of session on day 1, on day 2, and on day 3.
Change in heart rate after VoiceLove digital therapy
Mean change in heart rate during VoiceLove digital therapy sessions
Time frame: Start of VoiceLove digital therapy to 25 minutes of session on day 1, on day 2, and on day 3.
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