PICS Clinic Attendance and Recovery Engagement (PICS-CARE)

Charite University, Berlin, Germany2,500 enrolled

Overview

To identify relevant factors influencing attendance at appointments at the PICS outpatient clinic after intensive care treatment in order to derive targeted measures to increase the participation rate or send more targeted invitations.

This retrospective study examines which factors influence patient attendance at structured follow-up appointments after intensive care treatment in the PICS outpatient clinic at Charité. The focus is on analyzing demographic, clinical, and care-related factors that influence actual participation in follow-up care after intensive care treatment.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

2,500

Conditions

Post-intensive Care Syndrome

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who, between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2025: * were invited for follow-up care by the PICS outpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK) * were ≥18 years old at the time of the appointment. Exclusion Criteria: * none

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, Germany

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Follow-up appointment

Participation in the first scheduled follow-up appointment at the post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) outpatient clinic (binary: attended vs. did not attend) is measured by medical record review.