The Family Perspectives Project Pilot Trial

Conditions

• Critical Illness
• Family Support
• Physician-Patient Relations
• Respiratory Failure

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Family Perspective Program — BEHAVIORAL
  The program involves regular meetings between families and an ICU support counselor. The ICU support counselor is a trained expert in providing culturally competent emotional and/or spiritual support. The ICU support counselor will support families and also learn and summarize family perspectives in a standardized report. ICU care team members will be prompted to perspective take as they review reports prior to regular routine meetings between families and the ICU care team.

Study Details

The purpose of the study is to conduct a pilot randomized trial of a program designed to enhance equitable communication and emotional support for families of critically ill patients in order to determine feasibility, acceptability, and participant experience with the program. The primary study procedures include: chart abstraction, questionnaires, meetings with ICU support counselors, meetings with ICU physicians and care team, audio recordings of these meetings (optional), and interviews with study participants (optional). Study participants include: 70 critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure (enrolled with the consent of their Legally Authorized Representative) and their primary surrogate decision makers as well as ICU support counselors and ICU care teams (physicians, nurses, social workers).

Key Dates

Start date

Oct 13, 2023

Status verified

Jun 2025

Primary completion

Oct 31, 2026

Completion

Oct 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Arms

• Experimental: Family Perspective Program
  Families of critically ill patients will receive a program designed to enhance equitable communication and emotional support. Questionnaires will be completed by primary surrogate decision makers, ICU support counselors, and ICU care team members (physicians, nurses, social workers). Meetings between families and ICU support counselors will be audio recorded (optional). Meetings between families and ICU care teams will be audio recorded (optional). Interviews with participants will be completed (optional).
• No Intervention: Usual Care
  Families of critically ill patients will receive usual care, which involves regular and routine meetings between families and the ICU care team. Questionnaires will be completed by primary surrogate decision makers and ICU care team members (physicians, nurses, social workers). Meetings between families and ICU care teams will be audio recorded (optional). Interviews with participants will be completed (optional).

Primary Outcome Measure

Feasibility of implementing the program for families of patients with acute respiratory failure. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts

• Matthew Modes, MD, MPP, MS
  310-423-9017
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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