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Effects of the "ICU Support" team meeting concept on patient-centered and staff-centered outcomes: study protocol for a randomized controlled multicenter study.

Marie S Thommes, Martin Klasen, Johannes Bickenbach, Maria Deja, Kristin Engelhard, Roland Francis, Johannes Gramatté, Gunther Hempel, Kerstin Gmeinwieser, Gabriel Reedy and 4 more

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Article in Trials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Marie S ThommesAIXTRA-Competence Center for Training and Patient Safety, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany. mathommes@ukaachen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9637-516X
Martin KlasenAIXTRA-Competence Center for Training and Patient Safety, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany.
Johannes BickenbachDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Maria DejaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany.
Kristin EngelhardDepartment of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeck Str. 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
Roland FrancisDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine CCM/CVK, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
Johannes GramattéDeptartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medicine University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
Gunther HempelDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Kerstin GmeinwieserClinic of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Department for Clinical Nursing Science and Development, University Hospital Augsburg, Stenglinstr. 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany.
Gabriel ReedyFaculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Daniel RöderDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, Würzburg, 97080, Germany.
Ines SchroederDepartment of Anesthesiology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, Munich, 81377, Germany.
HUMAN-NET CONSORTIUM
Saša SopkaAIXTRA-Competence Center for Training and Patient Safety, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEKing's College London · GBLeipzig University · DELMU Klinikum · DEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DEUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity Hospital Augsburg · DEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProviding optimal care for critically ill patients is an extremely important but also highly demanding task, both emotionally and physically. The "ICU Support" team meeting concept aims to support intensive care unit (ICU) teams by promoting interprofessional communication, peer support, and patient safety by providing a structure for daily team meetings. This protocol describes a study to explore the effectiveness of "ICU Support" for patient- and staff-centered outcomes.

methodsICU Support will be implemented at nine university hospitals located in Germany, following a two-arm randomized parallel group design with an intervention and a control condition and three data collection periods. In the intervention arm, leading ICU personnel (physicians and nurses) will be trained in ICU Support and implement the ICU Support elements into the daily work routine of their units upon completion of data collection period T0 (baseline). In the control arm, ICU Support will not be implemented until the completion of the data collection period T1 (1 month after study start). Until then, the regular daily schedule of the ICU teams will be maintained. The final data collection period (T2) will take place 4 months after the start of the study. Primary outcomes include the number of intensive care complications per patient during their ICU stay during T1 and the sick-related absence of ICU staff during T1. Secondary outcomes include, among others, the average severity of intensive care complications per patient and employee self-reported data regarding their teamwork and patient safety behaviors. DISCUSSION: The need for healthy and well-trained ICU staff is omnipresent; thus, structured and evidence-based interventions aimed at supporting ICU teams and facilitating patient safety are required. This multicenter study aims to explore the effectiveness of ICU Support for patient- and staff-centered outcomes. The insights derived from this study have the potential to significantly improve ICU patient safety, staff communication, and connectedness and decrease sickness-related expenses and social costs associated with high work demands among ICU staff.

trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register DRKS00028642 . Registered on 4 April 2022.

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COVID-19Critical CareHumansIntensive Care UnitsMulticenter Studies as TopicPatient-Centered CareRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSARS-CoV-2DebriefingICU staffInterprofessional communicationMulticenter studyPatient safetyPeer supportRandomized controlled trialTeamwork

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