Study on How Family Time in the Intensive Care Unit Affects Sedation, Delirium, Ventilator Use, and ICU Stay Length

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to explore how the amount of time relatives spend with patients in a tertiary intensive care unit ICU affects important patient outcomes. It focuses on whether longer family involvement can reduce the need for sedative medications, lower the incidence of delirium, decrease the number of days on a ventilator, and shorten ICU stays. The study observes two groups of patients one where relatives spend up to 2 hours involved in patient care, and another where relatives spend more than 2 hours. These groups are compared to assess the effects of family involvement on sedation and other ICU outcomes during the patients stays. Participants will be monitored daily for up to four weeks while in the ICU. Researchers will record sedative doses, assess delirium presence, count ventilator days, and track length of ICU stay. This comprehensive evaluation aims to understand how family time impacts these key health measures during critical care.

Family Involvement in ICU