ANZICS CTG endorsed Study
icuRESOLVE-D
Digital Peer Support for ICU Survivors: icuRESOLVE-D (Intensive Care Unit REcovery Solutions cO-Led through surVivor Engagement Digital) Study
Study Description
Multi-centre, parallel group (1:1), two-arm, randomised controlled trial, with blinded outcome assessment
International and local research indicates that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors experience adverse outcomes. In Australia, ICU survivors return home with little or no follow-up. Peer support, which brings survivors together to share experiences, holds potential to improve post-ICU outcomes although this warrants exploration. We have recently developed an in-person peer support model, where we engaged both ICU survivors and staff using a new and innovative method called experience-based co-design. We recently tested the feasibility of this co-designed in-person peer support model for ICU survivors via a pilot trial, that also included an ICU recovery booklet. Despite multiple strategies (including paying for car-parking, and travel costs), there were barriers to participants attending the hospital in-person. Further, the global pandemic necessitated the need to find ways of supporting ICU survivors in their recovery and in a format that did not require in-person attendance at hospital for this program. A further feasibility pilot trial was completed to test a digital format of this co-designed intervention, as well as a digital version of the ICU recovery booklet. This trial found that a digital peer support program and booklet was feasible to deliver with regards to attendance rates, recruitment, and participant satisfaction (manuscript under review). This next study will test this intervention at scale to determine the effectiveness of this intervention across the following groups:
- Digital peer support and an ICU recovery booklet; and
2. Usual care (no formal specialised ICU follow-up or ICU specific recovery information).
Management Committee
A/Prof Kimberley Haines, Ms Nina Leggett, Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid, Ms Samantha Bates, Proffessor Sue Berney, Ms Erin Bicknell, Ms Jacki Carmody, A/Prof Adam Deane, Dr KJ Farley, Ms Elizabeth Hibbert, Ms Belinda Mac-Leod Smith, Dr Emily Karahalios, Dr Cameron Knott, Ms Julie Smith, Dr An Duy Tran, A/Prof Michael Harhay, A/Prof Craig French, A/Prof Lauren Ferrante, Prof Christopher Cox, Prof Ramona Hopkins, Dr Matthew Maiden, Dr Sumeet Rai, Dr Philipe De Fevre, Julie Smith, Sam Bates, Elizabeth Hibbert
Administering Institution
The University of Melbourne
Sample size
158
Funding
NHMRC
Reference
CTG2324-04, ACTRN12624000267550
Contact
Kimberley Haines (email)