Effect of Flexible Family Visitation on Delirium Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: The ICU Visits Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The effects of intensive care unit (ICU) visiting hours remain uncertain.

Objective

To determine whether a flexible family visitation policy in the ICU reduces the incidence of delirium.

Design, setting and participants

Cluster-crossover randomized clinical trial involving patients, family members, and clinicians from 36 adult ICUs with restricted visiting hours (<4.5 hours per day) in Brazil. Participants were recruited from April 2017 to June 2018, with follow-up until July 2018.

Interventions

Flexible visitation (up to 12 hours per day) supported by family education (n = 837 patients, 652 family members, and 435 clinicians) or usual restricted visitation (median, 1.5 hours per day; n = 848 patients, 643 family members, and 391 clinicians). Ninetee

SUBMITTER: Rosa RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635909 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature