Effect of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Diaries on PICS-p

NCT ID: NCT06310109

Last Updated: 2024-08-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-07-14

Study Completion Date

2024-10-31

Brief Summary

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When children become very sick and need to stay in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), it can have a big impact on their recovery and their family's well-being. Sometimes kids and their families feel worried or sad even after they leave the hospital. This can have an impact on the quality of their life after hospital discharge.

To help understand and improve these experiences, the investigators want to study the "PICU diaries." These are journals that families and hospital staff can write in during the child's time in the hospital. Parents, other visitors and healthcare professionals can share thoughts, experiences, and even drawings or photos related to the child's admission. The content is a narrative account of what happens during the child's hospital stay, for the family to take home at PICU discharge.

The investigators believe that writing in these diaries might help children and their families feel better after leaving the hospital. It might help kids feel less worried or sad, and it might also help their parents or caregivers feel better too.

The study will include children who have been in the PICU and their families. Some families will receive these special diaries to use during their time in the hospital, while others won't. We'll then see how everyone feels after they leave the hospital and compare the two groups to see if the diaries make a difference.

The investigators hope that by understanding how these diaries can help, healthcare professionals can make hospital experiences better for everyone involved.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Post Intensive Care Syndrome Narrative Medicine Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Anxiety Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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PICU diary

The "PICU diary" arm, will receive a PICU diary at the patient bedside.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PICU diary

Intervention Type OTHER

.The PICU diary is a notebook with lined sheets located at the patient's bedside. In this diary parents, other caregivers, family members, healthcare professionals or other visitors can write thoughts, report events related to the child/adolescent's admission, attach drawings or photographs for the patient or related to the PICU admission.

Control arm

The control arm will receive standard care (no PICU diary).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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PICU diary

.The PICU diary is a notebook with lined sheets located at the patient's bedside. In this diary parents, other caregivers, family members, healthcare professionals or other visitors can write thoughts, report events related to the child/adolescent's admission, attach drawings or photographs for the patient or related to the PICU admission.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Journal

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* children/adolescents admitted to the PICU
* Mechanical ventilation for \> 48 hours
* Patient's age \<19 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* parents who are unable to communicate in Italian language
* parents who have not signed and informed consent
* patients with a poor prognosis
Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ministry of Health, Italy

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Orsola Gawronski

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Orsola Gawronski, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS

Locations

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Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS

Rome, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Central Contacts

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Orsola Gawronski, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+393286011479

Facility Contacts

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Orsola Gawronski, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2358_OPBG 2020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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