Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Family Integration in Therapy Activities in the Intensive Care Unit: The FIT-ICU Feasibility Study
Lead Sponsor:
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Conditions:
Critical Illness
Delirium
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
An ICU admission is stressful for not only patients but their families as well. Research has shown that involving family members during a loved one's ICU stay can be helpful for them, but there is not...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adults (≥18 years) in the ICU
- Anticipated length of stay ≥48 hours for whom a request for physiotherapy has been placed by the treating physician
- Appropriateness for physiotherapy confirmed by the unit's physiotherapist.
- Families will be eligible if they are able to be present in ICU during physiotherapist or research team work hours until they are cleared to deliver activities independently, then at least three times weekly thereafter.
Exclusion
- Patients who are receiving end of life care
- Patients who have high risk injuries including spinal cord injury or spinal fractures, post-operative from spinal surgery, and untreated hip or long bone fractures
- Patients at risk of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) (e.g. Malignant middle cerebral artery stroke, large subarachnoid hemorrhage), admitted post trauma activation, post-operative from brain surgery or with external ventricular drain (EVD) in situ.
- Patients who are bed-bound or require mechanical lift at baseline who would not otherwise be offered physiotherapy services.
- Exclusion criteria for families include any major barriers to participation, i.e., physical, cognitive, emotional or capacity to understand and communicate with the team.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 30 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06071793
Start Date
November 30 2023
End Date
September 30 2025
Last Update
July 24 2025
Active Locations (3)
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1
Brant Community Healthcare System
Brantford, Ontario, Canada, N3R 1G9
2
St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 4A6
3
Juravinski Hospital
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8V 1C3