Mobile Application-Based Communication Facilitation Platform for Family Members of Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Unmet and racially disparate palliative care needs are common in intensive care unit (ICU) settings.

Objective

To test the effect of a primary palliative care intervention vs usual care control both overall and by family member race.

Design, setting, and participants

This cluster randomized clinical trial was conducted at 6 adult medical and surgical ICUs in 2 academic and community hospitals in North Carolina between April 2019 and May 2022 with physician-level randomization and sequential clusters of 2 Black patient-family member dyads and 2 White patient-family member dyads enrolled under each physician. Eligible participants included consecutive patients receiving mechanical ventilation, their family members, and their attending ICU physicians. Data ana

SUBMITTER: Cox CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10767607 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature