Detecting sedation and analgesia withdrawal symptoms in patients in intensive care units
Introduction
Research Area:
Intensive Care Unit
What is the research about?
Intensive care patients receiving more than 72-hours of infusions of sedatives and analgesics are at risk of developing withdrawal symptoms when the infusions are reduced and stopped. Currently, in adult intensive care, there are no screening checklists.
Our research seeks to develop a screening checklist for staff to detect early when a patient starts to display these symptoms so that appropriate action can be taken. Our methods will involve interviewing patients, carers and staff to develop a checklist prototype and then test its ability to correctly detect withdrawal.
We are currently developing a proposal for a PhD and are looking for people who have been a patient in ICU or have had a family member/close friend who has been in ICU to help us develop the proposal.
Opportunity for:
Involvement Opportunity Details
Time
Time commitment:
3 x 1-hour meetings
Contact between meetings:
none
Length of involvement:
3 months
Start date for involvement:
01/08/2023
Logistics
Where?
If online, explain how:
MS Teams or Zoom
If in person, explain where:
Not applicable
Other ways of communicating:
Telephone
Funding available for:
If no funding available, explain why:
Not applicable
Other Information
Stage of the research study/ programme:
Early planning
Is this opportunity for PPI in a PhD:
Yes
Closing date to contact researchers:
10/07/2023
Research Team
Contact person:
Bronagh Blackwood
University/organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Contact email:
b.blackwood@qub.ac.uk
Researcher background:
Pharmacist, Addiction Specialist, Psychologist, Doctor, Nurse
Research funder:
HSC PHA R&D
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