Status:
RECRUITING
Intensive Care Decision-making, Survival and Dying Well
Lead Sponsor:
University of Manchester
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Royal College of Anaesthetists
Conditions:
Critical Illness
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to investigate how the experiences of intensive care patients and their end-of-life wishes affect their willingness to accept intensive care treatment at different chances of...
Detailed Description
The ageing population of many countries has led to more elderly and increasingly co-morbid patients accessing healthcare services, and intensive care is no exception. This creates an increasing demand...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The principle inclusion criteria are being 18 years or older and having previously been a patient on an intensive care/critical care unit in the past.
- Being willing to talk about experiences of intensive care treatment, end-of-life wishes, and the context (chances of survival/functional decline) which would make intensive care treatments acceptable and being willing to either meet in person or have access to a computer, tablet or mobile phone with video and a stable internet connection (for a Zoom conversation) are also inclusion criteria.
Exclusion
- The exclusion criteria are being under the age of 18, having had a planned admission to an intensive care/critical care unit (e.g. after an elective operation), being unable to consent to participate in the research and having a significant language barrier (as there is no available funding to pay for translation).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 2 2023
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06027684
Start Date
October 2 2023
End Date
December 31 2025
Last Update
January 16 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom, M13 9PL