Fulfilling the psychological and information need of the family members of critically ill patients using interactive mobile technology: A randomised controlled trial.
Intensive Crit Care Nurs
; 41: 77-83, 2017 08.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-28438476
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Intensive care nurses may have an important role in empowering families by providing psychological support and fulfilling the family's pivotal need for information.AIM:
To determine whether 'education of families by tab' about the patient's condition was more associated with improved anxiety, stress, and depression levels than the 'education of families by routine'. RESEARCHDESIGN:
A randomized control trial of 74 main family caregivers (intervention 39; control 35).SETTING:
An adult intensive care unit. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and Communication and Physical Comfort Scale.RESULTS:
Although information need satisfaction was not significantly different between intervention and control groups, the former reported significantly better depression score on Depression Anxiety Stress Scale comparing to the control group (p<0.01; η2=0.09) with a medium effect size. Reduction of anxiety in the intervention group were clinically significant.CONCLUSION:
The results suggest that use of 'education of family by tab' is promising for intensive care nurses to provide psychological support for family members. More studies are needed to investigate this aspect of family care for better psychological support and information need satisfaction that contributes to the evidence-based practice of intensive care nursing.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Family
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Critical Illness
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Disclosure
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Intensive Crit Care Nurs
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article