Protocol for a randomised trial of an interprofessional team-delivered intervention to support surrogate decision-makers in ICUs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although shortcomings in clinician-family communication and decision making for incapacitated, critically ill patients are common, there are few rigorously tested interventions to improve outcomes. In this manuscript, we present our methodology for the Pairing Re-engineered Intensive Care Unit Teams with Nurse-Driven Emotional support and Relationship Building (PARTNER 2) trial, and discuss design challenges and their resolution.

Methods and analysis

This is a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the PARTNER 2 intervention to usual care among 690 incapacitated, critically ill patients and their surrogates in five ICUs in Pennsylvania. Eligible subjects will include critically ill patients at high risk of death and/or severe lon

SUBMITTER: Lincoln T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170558 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature