Most Important Needs of Family Members of Critical Patients in Light of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory

Expectations of relatives of Syrian patients in intensive care units in a state hospital in Turkey

“…Patient's relatives want to receive information from healthcare personnel on many subjects, such as their family member's treatments, general condition, surgical status and examination results; and relatives may miss the doctor's daily visits (Al Mutair et al . , , Padilla Fortunatti , Wong et al . ).…”

“…Compared with the literature, the differences in this study between PR expectations and unmet needs may be related to patients' usual transfer conditions, language differences, interpreter inadequacies, and the busy schedules of healthcare personnel (Al Mutair et al . , , Padilla Fortunatti , Wong et al . ).…”

“…, Al Mutair et al . , Padilla Fortunatti ). A recent study showed that ratings for staff competence and skills were significantly higher than ratings for frequency of communication, information needs being met, and support (Carlson et al .…”

“…Patient's relatives in this study experienced difficulties contacting other family members; typically, family contact was not a difficulty in similar studies (Al Mutair et al . , Padilla Fortunatti ). In the present study, PRs reported difficulty contacting other family members using social media, telephone, e‐mails or other types of communication because of internal strife in their home country.…”

“…Caregivers must be sensitive to cultural differences. Nurses should have the ability to provide culturally competent care to patients and PRs, including encouraging PRs to fully express themselves and honouring patients' cultural backgrounds and values (Foronda , Maier‐Lorentz , İz & Temel , Padilla Fortunatti ). Identifying PR difficulties is important, particularly in situations in which patients receive healthcare services as refugees.…”