Needs of relatives of critically ill patients in an academic hospital in Chile

Fortunatti, Cristóbal Padilla; Rojas-Silva, N.; Amthauer-Rojas, M.; Molina-Muñoz, Yerko

doi:10.1016/j.enfie.2017.09.002

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“…The survey results show that the most important and satisfied functions were providing "ICU-related information", "Patient-related information", "Relevant patient care information", "Relevant consultation information", and "Common Q&As". The results confirm that the assurance and information dimension in the CCFNI was the most important need for the family members [31][32][33]. Regarding the feasibility of the system, the overall high satisfaction of the SST-ICU confirmed the results of prior studies that meeting family members' needs can help them reduce their anxiety [33] and improve their satisfaction [33][34][35].…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The results confirm that the assurance and information dimension in the CCFNI was the most important need for the family members [31][32][33]. Regarding the feasibility of the system, the overall high satisfaction of the SST-ICU confirmed the results of prior studies that meeting family members' needs can help them reduce their anxiety [33] and improve their satisfaction [33][34][35]. However, the function, "relevant medical and health information", with high importance and relatively low satisfaction, requires an immediate improvement by extending the contents of relevant medical and health information to increase the users' satisfaction.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

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Self-Service System for the Family Members of ICU Patients: A Pilot Study

Chang

Hou

et al. 2022

Healthcare

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Family members of intensive care unit patients are often experience high anxiety and require more information about the patients. However, most Taiwanese healthcare institutions currently face manpower shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the task of providing additional services to meet family members’ needs and relieve their stress was deferred by some healthcare institutions. The self-service system, known to be effective and efficient in other industries, was recommended for use in the healthcare industry. This study aims to explore an intensive care unit self-service system (ICU-SSS) designed for the family members of ICU patients. This study investigates the feasibility of the system by following a mixed method approach, including qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey. Firstly, interviews with five family members and five ICU staff members of a case hospital were conducted to identify the need to develop an ICU-SSS for the family member. Secondly, a survey was completed by 30 family members to evaluate the system. The interview results reveal nine categories of family members’ needs and the survey results show that the ICU family members assigned acceptable scores to all the ICU-SSS functions, except the importance of “Logistical information”. Based on these findings, the scientific and practical implications are discussed.

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confidence: 77%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

Self-Service System for the Family Members of ICU Patients: A Pilot Study

Chang

Hou

et al. 2022

Healthcare

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“…The findings of the present study showed that the highest need perceived by the family members with patients admitted to wards (ICU, CCU) was in the dimension of confidence and the lowest perceived need was related to the dimension of support that was in line with[ 12 ] Hamukwaya (2019),[ 13 ] Salameh (2020),[ 14 ] Dharmalingam et al . (2016)[ 15 ] and Khoshnodi et al .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

A comparative study of the perceptions of family members patients hospitalized in intensive and cardiac care units (CCU and ICU) in regard to the importance of family needs in Golestan University of Medical Sciences 2020

Izadpanah

Kolagari

2021

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Introduction: Intensive care units (ICUs) cause double stress and tension in hospitalized patients' family members. Improving care quality in these wards requires estimating the importance of the families' needs by the nurses. Therefore, the present research was designed to determine and compare the perceptions of family members of the patients hospitalized in the ICUs and cardiac care units (CCUs) about the importance of family needs and their relationship with some factors in the Golestan University of Medical Sciences, 2020. Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical study. Eighty-eight companions of the patients admitted in the ICU and 88 companions of the patients admitted in the CCU were studied by stratified sampling, proportional, and then, available allocation. To analyze the data, Mann–Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis, and multivariate analysis of variance in the SPSS 18 statistical software were used (the significance level was 0.05). Results: The results revealed that in both the ICUs, the variable “the family relationship of hospitalized patients' companions” and their needs was found to be significantly different in general. This difference in all dimensions was related to the relationship between the spouse and the patient. Generally, there was no significant difference between the gender of the patient's companion and the importance of family needs in the CCU ward, but this difference was significant in general and in all dimensions in the ICU ward so that the importance of all the needs was more in the female companions. Conclusion: This study proved that the need in the “confidence” dimension is the most important need of the family of patients admitted to the two wards (CCU) and (ICU).

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“…Promoting family members' close and unique presence is a strategy of interaction and comfort care for families of critically ill patients (Galinha de Sá et al, 2015;Sousa & Marques, 2021). Family members feel the need to maintain close contact with the patient to the extent that they can observe, verify, follow the situation and clinical evolution, as demonstrated in other studies (Freitas et al, 2012;Fortunatti, 2018;Ocak & Avsarogullari, 2019). In family members' opinion, information/clarification reduces uncertainty, making it easier to manage situations, considering each family member's individuality.…”

Section: (Iv) Nursing Interventions Promoting the Comfort Of Families...mentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The complexity of having a critical condition generates feelings of anguish and concern due to the uncertainty of recovery. It also causes suffering, leading family members to develop specific needs focused on the search for maintaining proximity with the critically ill patient and other family members and reorganizing social and professional life and their expectations regarding future life projects (Freitas et al, 2012, Valente et al, 2017Fortunatti, 2018;Sousa, 2020). In the studied microculture, the hospital's physical environment, described as humanizing, positively influenced the patient's therapeutic process and the family's comfort.…”

Section: (Iv) Nursing Interventions Promoting the Comfort Of Families...mentioning

confidence: 99%