protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06356532, orgStudyIdInfo id: 202312197544, briefTitle: the Intensive Care Unit Diary for Liver Transplant Recipients, statusModule overallStatus: NOT_YET_RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-04-01, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2025-12-31, completionDateStruct date: 2025-12-31, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-04-10, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-04-10, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, class: OTHER, descriptionModule briefSummary: the purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the intensive care unit diary for intensive care unit liver transplant recipients., conditionsModule conditions: Liver Transplant Disorder, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, interventionModelDescription: The participants in the control group received the routine care including communication and companionship provided by the nurses of the intensive care unit.The participants in the intervention group received the intensive care unit diary writing and reading. Participants are required to write at least one sentence daily. The primary writers will be the patients themselves, and in cases where patients are unable to write, their family members will write on their behalf. After completion, the diary will be handed over to the patients to review its contents for at least 10 minutes before bedtime, allowing them to write down their immediate reflections and thoughts on when they read. This process will continue until the 14th day post-operation., primaryPurpose: PREVENTION, maskingInfo masking: SINGLE, maskingDescription: Outcomes Assessor is blinded to the group assignments of the patients. She is tasked with collecting the measured outcomes from the patients. Data collection will be conducted by co-principal investigator of the research team. She will distribute the questionnaires at enrollment, and on the 7th and 14th days post-operation. Once notified by the researchers, data collector will distribute and collect the questionnaires. Upon completion, the questionnaires will be sealed in envelopes by the data collectors., whoMasked: OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR, enrollmentInfo count: 56, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: intensive care unit diary, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: change from baseline in depression on the Depression-Anxiety-Stress scale at post operation day 7 and day 14, primaryOutcomes measure: change from baseline in anxiety on the Depression-Anxiety-Stress scale at post operation day 7 and day 14, primaryOutcomes measure: change from baseline in stress on the Depression-Anxiety-Stress scale at post operation day 7 and day 14, primaryOutcomes measure: change from baseline in sense of coherence on the Sense of Coherence Scale at post operation day 7 and day 14, primaryOutcomes measure: change from baseline in emotional stress on the Brief Symptom Rating Scale at post operation day 7 and day 14, secondaryOutcomes measure: change from baseline in delirium on the intensive care delirium screening checklist at post operation day 1 and day 14, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, stdAges: ADULT, stdAges: OLDER_ADULT, contactsLocationsModule, hasResults: False