Nielsen, Anne Højager http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8955-9374
Angel, Sanne
Egerod, Ingrid
Hansen, Torben Bæk
Funding for this research was provided by:
Aarhus Universitet
Department of Anesthesiology, Regional Hospital Holstebro, Denmark
Health Research Fund of Central Denmark Region (NA)
Article History
Received: 1 November 2016
Accepted: 26 July 2018
First Online: 16 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consent will be obtained by the investigator or a smaller group of study nurses, who will receive special training. Relatives and patients will be informed about possible harm, such as experiencing psychological discomfort and re-experiencing the ICU stay when writing and reading the diary, as well as the potential benefits of the diary, such as an improved understanding of the critical time in the ICU before they give consent to participate in the study.If the patient does not consent to participation or dies before consent is obtained, the relative continues in the study. In any case the diary reflects the relatives’ personal record of the ICU experience, which is not part of the hospital records. This procedure has been approved of by the Health Research Committee of Region Central Jutland (identifier 1–10–72-371-14).The information for participants will follow Danish law and has been approved and regulated by the Health Research Ethics Committee of Region Central Jutland. All data referring to participants will be anonymized to protect confidentiality before publication. The study has been approved by the Danish Data Protection Agency (identifier 1–16–02-30-15), and all data will be stored accordingly.
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