Measuring Family Engagement in Care (The FAME Study)
Critical Care | Patient-centered Care | Family EngagementThere are currently no validated tools to specifically measure family engagement in the intensive care unit (ICU). To address this gap, an interdisciplinary team developed a novel instrument to measure family engagement in the ICU. This will be a prospective observational cohort with an embedded qualitative study to validate the FAMily Engagement (FAME) instrument in the ICU setting. This study will also evaluate the association between family activation, engagement, and family-centred outcomes, and exploring factors (age, relationship, sex, gender, race/ethnicity) that may influence family engagement in the ICU.
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Participation Requirements
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Sex:
ALL -
Eligible Ages:
18 and up
Participation Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Family member of patient admitted to the intensive care units
* Able to participate in English or French
* Age 18 years old or older
Exclusion Criteria:
* ICU stays less than 24 hours
* Another family member has already participated in the study
Study Location
Foothills Medical Centre
Foothills Medical CentreCalgary, Alberta
Canada
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Royal Victoria Hospital
Royal Victoria HospitalMontreal, Quebec
Canada
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Montreal General Hospital
Montreal General HospitalMontreal, Quebec
Canada
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St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's HospitalToronto, Ontario
Canada
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Jewish General Hospital / Lady Davis Institute
Jewish General Hospital / Lady Davis InstituteMontréal, Quebec
Canada
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Michael J Goldfarb, MD MSc
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)Montreal, Quebec
Canada
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- Study Sponsored By
- Lady Davis Institute
- Participants Required
- More Information
- Study ID:
NCT05659485