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Building Relationship, Improving Dialogue, and Growing Empathy (BRIDGE): An Intervention to Support Decision Making for Critically Ill Children
Sponsor: Duke University
Summary
Parents of young children in the intensive care unit may be faced with decisions about their child's care. The Building Relationship, Improving Dialogue, and Growing Empathy (BRIDGE) intervention was designed to help support parents as they make decisions for their child and communicate with the health care team. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. Do parents who receive the BRIDGE intervention report being better prepared to make decisions for their child? 2. Do parents who receive the BRIDGE intervention report less regret about the decisions they made for their child? Participants will complete surveys at baseline and approximately 2 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months following enrollment. Some participants will also participate in interviews about their experiences.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
495
Start Date
2026-02
Completion Date
2028-10
Last Updated
2026-02-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
BRIDGE intervention
The BRIDGE intervention includes a paper-based tool that includes an introduction to decision-making, a values clarification exercise, and a question prompt list. The tool additionally prompts parents to share how they define decision-relevant concepts like quality of life and suffering for their child. The completed tool is shared with the health care team in the electronic health record.
Locations (3)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States