Defining the needs of ICU patient families in a suburban/rural Greek population: a prospective cohort study

Chatzaki, Maria; Klimathianaki, Maria; Anastasaki, Maria; Chatzakis, Georgios; Apostolakou, Eleni; Georgopoulos, Dimitrios

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04022.x

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“…Compared to Lee and Lau's study (2003), which had a great deal of similarity to the results of our study, the need of "To feel there is hope" was among the top 10 needs of Iranian families, which is concordant with research in Greece, China and Jordan (Chatzaki et al 2012;Lee et al 2000;Omari, 2009). However, it was not among the list of needs reported by Lee and Lau (2003).…”

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“…The need of "To be assured the best possible care is being given to patient" was the second important need of Iranian families; in many similar studies this item has also been reported as an important need (Chatzaki et al 2012;Lee et al 2000;Lau, 2003, Obringer et al 2012;Omari, 2009). …”

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“…This item has also been ranked as one of the ten most important needs in a variety of countries (Chatzaki et al 2012;Lee and Lau, 2003;Leske, 1986;Molter, 1979;Norris and Grove, 1986;Obringer et al 2012;Omari, 2009). These results suggest that honesty from clinicians has undeniable importance for the Iranian family members, but is also important across cultures.…”

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“…The CCFNI scale has both face and content validity and its psychometric properties have been studied and confirmed with a high internal consistency of 0.92 (Leske, 1991). The CCFNI has been used in different contexts and cultures to study the perceived needs of family members (Kleinpell and Powers, 1992;Wong, 1995;Mendonca and Warren, 1998;Lee et al 2000;Lee and Lau, 2003;Omari, 2009;Chatzaki et al 2012;Obringer et al 2012;Noor Siah et al 2012). A summary of the studies have been presented in Table 1.…”

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“…A main responsibility of health care teams in intensive care units (ICU) is to acknowledge the needs of patients' families (Chatzaki et al 2012). In particular, there is recognition of the importance of ICU nurses' engaging with patients' families (Chien et al 2005;Takman and Severinsson, 2005).…”

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Information and support needs of adult family members of patients in intensive care units: an Iranian perspective

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Nurses are required to be knowledgeable about the needs of family members of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. The identification of the importance and priority of family members needs enable nurses to provide appropriate information and support for family members. The aim of this study was to describe the needs of family members of patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. A descriptive cross-sectional study using survey methods was conducted. Family members of patients hospitalised for 24-72 hours in the intensive care units of 27 public and teaching hospitals in an urban area of Iran were chosen using the random sampling method. The 45-item Persian version of the Critical Care Family Need Inventory (CCFNI) was used to collect numerical data. Four hundred and fifty family members participated. Mean score for each of the 45 items ranged from 2.45-3.72.Ten items were rated by responders as very important with 93.13 % of the sample rating 'Giving an honest answer to questions' as having the highest level of importance. 'To have the pastor visit' was reported to be the least important need. Age, family relations, marital status, and level of education related to the importance level of some of the perceived needs.It is concluded that the most important needs were comprised of five items relating to the "assurance dimension" while the least important ones were related to the "support dimension". The incorporation of the needs of family members into the nursing education programme is suggested. The findings will help with the preparation of nurses as future healthcare policy makers to plan for meeting these needs and also reduce the psychological burden on family members of patients hospitalised in the intensive care unit.

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