Conclusions
RECRUITMENT
FAID Fear is timely, innovative, and multidisciplinary in scope. This pilot study was designed to build from basic behavioral science (i.e., problem characterization, identification of modifiable intervention targets) to the development of theory-based survivor/family-targeted dyadic interventions that can be implemented in the ICU.Given the uncertainty that family members of CA patients in the ICU would be able to find the time for, let alone freely partake in, a diary intervention intended to benefit their well-being while their loved one’s recovery and health status remains uncertain, this pilot study showed preliminary evidence that ICU diary interventions are not only feasible but acceptable and appropriate for family members of patients experiencing CA. Our high levels of enrollment and retention, as well as high engagement and acceptability by family members for the diary intervention, are encouraging indicators that a more definitive study powered to detect efficacy outcomes in family members, and pilot recruitment procedures in family member/CA survivor dyads, should be conducted.