Nanchal 2017.

Study name	A randomized controlled trial of an iPad for patient communication during mechanical ventilation
Methods	Parallel‐group randomised controlled trial
Participants	Inclusion criteria: sufficient motor and visual function to allow use of touch screen; mechanically ventilated; awake and able to participate in informed consent discussion. Exclusion criteria: non‐English speaking; receiving ventilator support prior to admission; delirium present in the last 24 hours; tracheostomy; structural neurological injury (such as stroke or traumatic brain injury); coma; deep sedation (RASS > –2).
Interventions	Intervention App Proloquo2Go modified for the ICU setting on an iPad device. Control Usual care.
Outcomes	Ease of communication. Patient anxiety. Patient satisfaction.
Starting date	23 February 2017
Contact information	Rahul Nanchal Jeanette Graf; jgraf@mcw.edu
Notes

CAM‐ICU: Confusion Assessment Method – ICU; ICU: intensive care unit; RASS: Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale.