NCT01956045

Critically Ill Patient's Capacity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 215 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

How to determine the decision-making capacity of critically-ill patients remain unclear. The investigator study the differences between standardised evaluation and subjective medical evaluation.

Detailed description

After written information and consent, an independent, specially trained investigator interviews patients with a standardised test. After written information and consent, an independent, specially trained investigator interviews residents, doctors and nurses in charge of the patient and ask them how they rates patients capacity.

Conditions

• Decision Making
• Critical Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patient's capacity

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2013-10-08
• Last updated: 2014-07-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France