NCT06048068

Removing Surrogates' Uncertainty to Reduce Fear and Anxiety After Cardiac Events

Removing Surrogates' Uncertainty to Reduce Fear and Anxiety After Cardiac Events (RESURFACE): A Randomized Pilot Intervention Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 53 (actual)
• Sponsor: Columbia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of an informational website to reduce uncertainty, psychological distress, and caregiver burden among close family members of cardiac arrest patients. The investigators hypothesize that participants who receive access to the website will have lower rates of uncertainty, psychological distress, and caregiver burden at 3 months post-hospital discharge compared to participants who receive usual care.

Detailed description

This study will be an unblinded, two-arm randomized controlled trial that enrolls up to 100 adult surrogates of living cardiac arrest patients hospitalized in the New York Presbyterian hospital system. Participants must be English- or Spanish-speaking and have a device with internet access. Participants will be randomized 2:1 to receive the informational intervention program or usual care (control). Intervention arm participants will receive the informational intervention in three discrete packages upon study enrollment, movement to the general medical floor, and at one month post-discharge. All participants will be assessed at study enrollment, hospital discharge, and 3 months post-discharge for their illness uncertainty, psychological distress, and caregiver burden. All participants will also wear a GENEActiv sleep monitor to track their sleep for one week following hospital discharge.

Conditions

• Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Educational Informational Platform	This intervention contains many informational articles for surrogates about cardiac arrest, the subsequent hospitalization, and the emotional journey following cardiac arrest. All articles are available in both English and Spanish.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-07
• Primary completion: 2024-10-14
• Completion: 2024-10-14
• First posted: 2023-09-21
• Last updated: 2025-11-18
• Results posted: 2025-11-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States