When Distance is an Act of Love: Exploring the Use of Video Diaries for Family Members of Intensive Care Patients

NCT ID: NCT04870450

Last Updated: 2021-05-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-26

Study Completion Date

2021-06-30

Brief Summary

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Due to Covid-19, intensive care (ICU) patients are not allowed visitors or have severely restricted visiting. After being admitted to ICU most patients are unconscious or extremely weak and therefore cannot speak on a phone or video call to a family member. Before these visiting restrictions, family members of patients admitted to ICU as a result of being critically ill were already known to suffer significant psychological distress and may now face increased distress given they are unable to visit a loved one.

Previous research demonstrates that keeping a paper diary has been found to be helpful for ICU patients and families. When lockdown measures were announced, NHS Scotland introduced video diaries as an emergency measure to try to support communication with families and reduce distress. vCreate is an NHS Trusted secure video messaging service that helps patients, families and clinical teams stay connected throughout their care journey. The use of video diaries may have a positive impact for family members but there is a risk that they could also have negative effects for some people. There is a need to explore both ICU healthcare professionals and family members' experiences of using video diaries. At the same time it is also important to test the feasibility and acceptability of measures of distress and psychological well-being on family members during and after their experience of video diaries. In doing so, some initial recommendations about video diaries can be made and a larger subsequent study planned to test their effect on family members and healthcare professionals.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Coronavirus Anxiety Depression

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Healthcare professionals

No intervention. Gathering data on their experiences of using video diaries.

No interventions assigned to this group

Family members of ICU patients

No intervention. Gathering data on their experiences of using video diaries.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- (i) Family Members in Lothian aged ≥16 years receiving a video diary for an ICU patient who stays in ICU for ≥24 hours or more. If the patient dies, family members will be invited to continue in the study.

(ii) ICU healthcare staff in NHS Lothian who have experience of using the video diary to support family members during lockdown.

Exclusion Criteria

Prisoners Family members lacking capacity to consent Family members aged under 16 years
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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NHS Lothian

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Hertfordshire

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Edinburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sheila Rodgers

Senior Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Lothian, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Sheila Rodgers, PhD

Role: CONTACT

0131650100

Eddie Donaghy, PhD

Role: CONTACT

07766 772645

Facility Contacts

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Sheila Rodgers, PhD

Role: primary

+44131650100

Eddie Donaghy, PhD

Role: backup

+447766772645

References

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Gazzato A, Scquizzato T, Imbriaco G, Negro A, Caballo Garrido MC, Landoni G, Zangrillo A, Borghi G. The Effect of Intensive Care Unit Diaries on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2022 Sep-Oct 01;41(5):256-263. doi: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000539.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35905428 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CAHSS2010/07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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