Poverty linked to worse ICU outcomes, new study finds
NCT ID NCT01907581
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how a person's social and economic situation affects their health when they are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). Researchers followed 1,417 patients in France to see if those with fewer resources had more severe illness at admission and worse outcomes, including death and post-traumatic stress. The goal is to use this information to create better support for vulnerable patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,417 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2013
- Finished
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Oct 2017
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient who have been informed about the study (directly or via a person of trust) and have given their consent * Patients admitted to intensive care in accordance with the criteria defined by decree n° 2002-465 of the law of 05th April 2002 relative to the rights of patients and the quality of the healthcare system. It concerns patients who present or are likely to present life-threatening acute multi-organ failure requiring support care involving at least one of the following procedures: invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation, continuous or discontinuous hemofiltration, dobutamine, adrenaline, noradrenaline, ECMO Exclusion Criteria: * \- Refusal to take part, * Age \< 18 years * Adult under guardianship (or ward of court), * Patients impossible to follow for 3 months (concomitant disease not related to the admission to the ICU that may cause death within 3 months….), * Patients presenting major cognitive impairment that precludes a reliable interview, * Patients and/or close relatives/friends who cannot be questioned or cannot provide information, * Absence of a family and/or close friends
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Dijon
Dijon, 21079, France