Clinical trial NCT06121050: Can a Patient in Intensive Care be Visited by His or Her Pet?
Official title: Can a Patient in Intensive Care be Visited by His or Her Pet? Feasibility Study.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intensive Care Patients
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-11-07
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Patients who can be visited by their pets
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Nearly half of all intensive care patients describe symptoms of anxiety and depression after a stay in the ICU, and one in five has genuine post-traumatic stress disorder.

As a result, improving patient experience has become a priority in the ICU, and particular attention is being paid to the need to recreate a familiar environment.

Animal-mediated interventions have been developed for a number of patients over many years. These strategies are widely used with elderly patients, and patients with cognitive or psychiatric disorders, for whom the literature shows benefits on anxiety, mood or objective signs of stress.

In the vast majority of experiments carried out to date, the animals (mainly dogs) were prepared and educated for contact with patients, and their handlers trained in this activity, rather like guide dogs. Visiting a care facility with a patient's own pet is rarely described. It may run up against obstacles related to the animal's behavior or infectious risks, but it is nevertheless authorized in many establishments.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Conscious adult patients with a pet (dog/cat).
* Patients with no or no longer hemodynamic or respiratory failure, or undergoing rehabilitation, after resolution of the acute phase or at the end of life.
* Patients affiliated to or entitled under a social security scheme.
* Patient who has given written informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-stabilized acute situation (as assessed by the resuscitator).
* Mechanical or amine ventilation or extrarenal purification.
* Tracheostomy.
* Immunosuppression.
* Carriage of multi-resistant bacteria.
* Behavioral or consciousness disorders.
* Pregnancy.
* Skin wounds, extensive burns exceeding 15% of body surface area, external fixator.
* Guardianship or trusteeship.
* Workload incompatible with the visit
* Patient unable to speak French.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility of visiting the pets
timeFrame: Day 15
Secondary outcomes:
measure: PANAS
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Paramedical care
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Patient microbiological impact
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Intensive care unity microbiological impact
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Patient satisfaction
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Annonay
country: France
facility: Centre Hospitalier Ardèche Nord
city: Saint-Etienne
country: France
facility: Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Etienne
Study officials:
affiliation: CHU SAINT-ETIENNE
name: Cindy POKRANDT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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