Impact of a communication strategy on family satisfaction in the intensive care unit

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• 作者：Alberto Pagnamenta ; Roberta Bruno ; Armin Gemperli ; Alessandro Chiesa ; Marco Previsdomini ; Fabio Corti ; Paolo Merlani ; Silvia Cottini ; Michael Llamas and Hans Ulrich Rothen
• 刊名：Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：60
• 期：6
• 页码：800-809
• 全文大小：406K
• ISSN：1399-6576

文摘

Family satisfaction of critically ill patients has gained increased interest as important indicator to evaluate the quality of care in the intensive care unit (ICU). The family satisfaction in the ICU questionnaire (FS-ICU 24) is a well-established tool to assess satisfaction in such settings. We tested the hypothesis that an intervention, aiming at improved communication between health professionals and patients' next of kin in the ICU improves family satisfaction, as assessed by FS-ICU 24.