Official Title: To Strengthen the Patients Hope After Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit - a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-09
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate an interventional program that aims to strengthen hope in intensive care unit ICU patients in the rehabilitation phase The main questions it aims to answer are
To develop and implement a follow-up service to strengthen hope in ICU patients and to evaluate the effect on hope in a stepped wedge randomized trial
To identify possible predictive factors facilitators and barriers associated with hope
Participants will be asked to take part in an ICU follow-up service a Hope Intervention consisting of digital individual- and group conversations The program will address topics that are important for hope such as active involvement social relationships believes and thoughts of the future
We will compare the level of hope between participants who have completed the Hope Intervention to those that have not yet completed the program
Detailed Description: The ICU patients situation is challenging as they are acutely ill over a prolonged period of time and receive life sustaining treatment in the ICU
Having hope and belief in a positive future even when the prospects of such future are uncertain may give strength and motivation and possibly improve the outcome in the rehabilitation phase Hope is scarcely described in ICU patients
Health care professionals need to learn how to best support ICU patients and promote hope during the rehabilitation period Therefore the main aim of the present study is to develop implement and evaluate a follow up service to former ICU patients to strengthen their hope using a stepped wedge cluster randomized control intervention trial SW-CRT The secondary aim is to identify possible predictive factors associated with hope
The intervention will start after hospital discharge and will be carried out in group sessions