Development and evaluation of strategies to improve sedation quality in Intensive Care (DESIST Study) The study will develop and validate a Sedation Quality Assessment Tool (SQAT) for use on a daily basis in the ICU. The plan is also to develop sedation specific process and outcome measures in 8 ICUs to better describe current practice and outcome. Image Chief Investigator: Prof T Walsh Number and location of participating sites (by region/ country): 8 Scottish sites Funder: CSO Start and End date of grant award: Apr 2012 - Dec 2014 Current Status: Awaiting publication. Contact details: ACCORD Prof T Walsh, Prof of Intensive Care Medicine, QMRI, University of Edinburgh, Little France Cres, Edinburgh. Jean Antonelli, ECTU, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Jean.Antonelli@ed.ac.uk Research nurses employed by each site (site specific) ECTU Involvement: Trial Management, Statistics, Database, Data Management This article was published on 2024-09-24
