NCT03630965

CPR Audiovisual Tool to Impact ICU Patients' Surrogate Anxiety Level.

Audiovisual Tool Use in the ICU, to Impact the Anxiety Level of Patients' Surrogates While Deciding on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Video or No Video to decrease HCPOA/LAR anxiety and increase knowledge as it pertains to CPR.

Detailed description

Designated surrogate decision makers of 30 medical intensive care unit patients will be consented and enrolled to receive either a video describing CPR and it's outcomes after standard of care code discussions versus standard of care code discussions alone. All participants will complete a short questionnaire to determine their knowledge level regarding CPR and to assess their anxiety levels. Patients who view the video will also rate their comfort level while watching the video on a 5 point Likert scale.

Conditions

• Critical Illness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CPR Video	A 7.07 minutes' CPR video will be administered to the ICU patients' surrogates in Group B. After viewing the video, the surrogate will complete the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, a five-question survey about CPR, and a one-question form about comfort using the Likert Scale.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-08
• Primary completion: 2020-04-30
• Completion: 2020-05-30
• First posted: 2018-08-15
• Last updated: 2020-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States