The OCEANIC study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A multi-centre longitudinal mixed methods study to explore the Outcomes of ChildrEn and fAmilies in the first year after paediatric Intensive Care: The OCEANIC Study
IRAS ID
269642
Contact name
Joseph Manning
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 6 months, 30 days
Research summary
Each year 20,000 children become very ill or injured and need specialist care within a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Most children survive. However, these children and their families may experience problems after they have left the PICU. These can include physical (breathing, eating and drinking), functional (moving and concentration), and/or emotional problems (stress and fears) to themselves and their families (parents and siblings). These have the potential to affect health, place burdens on parents/carers, impact on education and social development. However, we currently do not know which children and families experience problems, when the problems occur, and what causes them.
We want to understand the physical, functional, emotional and social consequences of being on PICU to children (aged 1 month-17 years), their parents and siblings, in the first-year after a PICU admission. We will conduct a study that will collect information from these children, their parents and siblings, who have been admitted to PICU over a year to see if there are any changes over time. In addition, some families will take part in interviews in order to explore their care and support needs.
To do this, we want to follow up 300 children, their parents, and their siblings from 5 PICUs. Information will be collected over the first-year after they have left the PICU. Information will be collected (over the telephone or via the internet) at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after leaving PICU. At 3 and 9 months, we will invite up to 24 families to take part in a face-to-face or telephone interview to talk about their health care needs.
To improve care, we will share our results with national organisations, healthcare commissioners, policy makers and the international paediatric intensive care community.
REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/WM/0290
Date of REC Opinion
25 Nov 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion