Impact of an ICU Diary on the Well-being of Patients and Families. A Prospective Multicenter Mixed Study

ICU Diaries Impact of an ICU Diary on the Psychological Well-being of the Patients and Their Relatives. Mixed Multicenter Randomized Study With Blind Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of an ICU diary implemented during the ICU stay on the psychological well-being of patients and families after ICU discharge.

Implementation of an ICU diary in a randomized design in 36 ICUs in France The ICU diary contains entries from staff and families or relatives

Quantitative description of psychological well-being of the patients and families or relatives are evaluated 3 months after ICU discharge

Qualitative evaluation of how the patient uses the diary is scheduled by a phone interview 6 months after ICU discharge.

An amendment of the ethic committee permitted to increase in 2016/02 both the number of eligible patients to 700 and the number of centers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with his family admitted in an ICU and mechanically ventilated more than 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients without families admitted in an ICU and mechanically ventilated more than 48 hours
• Patients or families not fluent in French
• Patients moribund
• Patients with a neurologic or psychiatric disease responsible for admission or pre-existing before the ICU admission
• Patients admitted after a cardiac arrest
• Deaf and mute patients