Christopher E Cox, Deepshikha C Ashana, Isaretta L Riley, Maren K Olsen, David Casarett, Krista L Haines, Yasmin Ali O'Keefe, Mashael Al-Hegelan, Robert W Harrison, Colleen Naglee, Jason N Katz, Hongqiu Yang, Elias H Pratt, Jessie Gu, Katelyn Dempsey, Sharron L Docherty, Kimberly S Johnson
IMPORTANCE: Unmet and racially disparate palliative care needs are common in intensive care unit (ICU) settings. OBJECTIVE: To test the effect of a primary palliative care intervention vs usual care control both overall and by family member race. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cluster randomized clinical trial was conducted at 6 adult medical and surgical ICUs in 2 academic and community hospitals in North Carolina between April 2019 and May 2022 with physician-level randomization and sequential clusters of 2 Black patient-family member dyads and 2 White patient-family member dyads enrolled under each physician...
January 2, 2024: JAMA Network Open