Diacritics: An Important Strategy for Proper Validation of the Arabic Version of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI)

2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-20-00004
Author(s):  
Wesam T. Almagharbeh ◽  
Mohammad A. Al-Motlaq
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Reliable Measure ◽  
Care Family

PurposeTo validate the Arabic version of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) instrument.Methodsa jury of experts helped establish content validity of besttranslated version. Live testing of the revised instrument with a sample of nurses and family members helped ensure its validity and internal consistency reliability.ResultsThe Content Validity Index indicated an acceptable relevancy and clarity of the translated version. After introducing diacritic to wordings, clarity and readability were ensured by a pilot test with a sample of 22 critical care nurses and 21 family members. Live testing the instrument asserted its discriminant validity where family members (n = 227) ranked total needs higher than nurses (n = 217) (t = 124.2 (df = 442), p < .001).ConclusionAfter using of diacritics, the new modified Arabic version can be used confidently as a valid and reliable measure of family needs.

Critical Care Family Needs Inventory--Arabic version

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Saleh Al-Mutair ◽  
Virginia Plummer ◽  
Rosemary Clerehan ◽  
Anthony O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Care Family

scholarly journals Needs of family members of critically ill patients: A comparison of nurses and family perceptions

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Mohammad M. Al Barraj ◽  
Mirna Fawaz ◽  
Lina Kurdahi Badr
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Care Family ◽  
Family Perceptions ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Background and objective: Having a family member admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is stressful and confusing for family members.  The aim of this study was to assess the perception of family members and nurses of their needs and whether those needs are met in four ICUs in Lebanon.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design using the Arabic version of Critical Care Family Need Inventory (CCFNI) and the Needs Met Inventory (NMI) were utilized to investigate the needs of 50 family members of patients and 50 nurses.Results: Seventeen of 30 need items on the CCFNI were significantly different between family members and nurses mostly related to ‘Information’ and ‘Assurance’. Family members also varied significantly on 5 out of 30 items on the NMI mostly related to ‘Support’. There were significant differences in needs between family members in terms of gender, age, and education, and significant differences in perceived needs based on the gender, years of experience, and age of nurses.Conclusions: The findings provide insight for nurses to consider the different needs of families, the effect of socio-demographic variations when providing care, and to be attuned to the needs of family members for understandable information and assurance of the wellbeing of patients in ICUs.

scholarly journals Jordanian Patients’ Family Members Need Perceptions in the Critical Care Settings: Nurses’ Perspectives versus Family Members’ Perspectives in the Context of Health Informatics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Hekmat Al-Akash ◽  
Roqia Maabreh ◽  
Mohannad AbuRuz ◽  
Khaled Khader ◽  
Abedalmajeed Shajrawi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Family ◽  
Nurses Perceptions

Background. An unexpected hospitalization in any of the Critical Care Units (CCUs) is a stressful condition, not only for patients but also for other family members. Research in this field in Jordan is not available. The main objective of this study was to identify the most important needs as perceived by these family members in the light of this stressful event and compare them with the nurses’ perceptions of the importance of these needs and also to determine the perception of the needs’ importance with the sociodemographic characteristics of both family members and caring nurses. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the period between February and August 2020 among adult family members of patients admitted to the CCUs in hospitals of Jordan from all sectors (public, private, and teaching). The “Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI)” questionnaire was administered to 82 family members and 99 CCU nurses to determine the importance of the needs on the inventory. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results. The most important need identified by the family members was relevant to the need for proximity (3.64 ± 0.45), followed by information (3.57 ± 0.58), assurance (3.44 ± 0.43), support (3.31 ± 0.62), and comfort (3.21 ± 0.56). Nurses identified the needs for assurance as the highest, followed by information, comfort, and support, whereas proximity was the least need perceived as very important. The top 10 important needs for both family members and nurses were identified. Family members and nurses were only common in 2 of the need statements on the scale. There was no significant association between the sociodemographic characteristics of the sample and the perception of the needs’ importance ( p = 0.05 ). Conclusion. This study has shown that nurses and family members of patients admitted to CCUs have different perspectives relevant to needs’ importance. This should warn nurses to set the needs viewed by family members as a priority. Implications. In the CCU settings, in the context of advancing health informatics, families of patients in the ICUs have different needs other than those viewed by nurses. Their needs must be identified and considered.

scholarly journals Describing Family Needs within Adult Critical Care Units at a Military Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Jennifer De Beer ◽  
Hend Alnajjar
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Critical Care Units ◽  
Important Family

Background: Family members have traumatic experiences when a loved one is admitted into critical care units as they are not psychological prepared for the sudden illness of a loved one. Attending to the needs of family members of critically ill patients is vital in providing appropriate holistic care for both the patient and the family.Methods: A cross sectional descriptive quantitative research design was used. The study was conducted in a military hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, within 10 critical care units. A total of 25 doctors, 66 critical care nurses and 38 family members were included in the study. Data was collected using the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI), a Likert tool developed by Jane Leske which has established reliability of 0.80-0.97.Findings: The most important need as perceived by doctors was “the “need to know the expected outcome’ regarding the patient’s condition, M= 3.72 (SD = 0.54), while critical care nurses’ perceived the most important family need as “To have explanations of the environment before going into the critical care unit for the first time, M= 3.65 (SD= 0.54). Further to this, family members’ perceived “To be assured that the best care possible is being given to the patient” as the most important family need M= 3.76 (SD= 0.54).Conclusion: Health care professionals have a responsibility towards meeting these needs in order to provide care that is holistic in nature that encompasses the basic tenets of patient-family centered care.

Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Invasive Procedures: Practices of Critical Care and Emergency Nurses

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. MacLean ◽  
Cathie E. Guzzetta ◽  
Cheri White ◽  
Dorrie Fontaine ◽  
Dezra J. Eichhorn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
American Association ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Invasive Procedure ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Invasive Procedures ◽  
Emergency Nurses ◽  
Family Presence ◽  
Do So

• Background Increasingly, patients’ families are remaining with them during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and invasive procedures, but this practice remains controversial and little is known about the practices of critical care and emergency nurses related to family presence. • Objective To identify the policies, preferences, and practices of critical care and emergency nurses for having patients’ families present during resuscitation and invasive procedures. • Methods A 30-item survey was mailed to a random sample of 1500 members of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and 1500 members of the Emergency Nurses Association. • Results Among the 984 respondents, 5% worked on units with written policies allowing family presence during both resuscitation and invasive procedures and 45% and 51%, respectively, worked on units that allowed it without written policies during resuscitation or during invasive procedures. Some respondents preferred written policies allowing family presence (37% for resuscitation, 35% for invasive procedures), whereas others preferred unwritten policies allowing it (39% for resuscitation, 41% for invasive procedures). Many respondents had taken family members to the bedside (36% for resuscitation, 44% for invasive procedure) or would do so in the future (21% for resuscitation, 18% for invasive procedures), and family members often asked to be present (31% for resuscitation, 61% for invasive procedures). • Conclusions Nearly all respondents have no written policies for family presence yet most have done (or would do) it, prefer it be allowed, and are confronted with requests from family members to be present. Written policies or guidelines for family presence during resuscitation and invasive procedures are recommended.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: pathophysiology, treatment, and related nursing care

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
M Kajs-Wyllie
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Critical Care Unit ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Thrombocytopenic Purpura ◽  
Rare Syndrome ◽  
Life Threatening

The patient diagnosed with TTP presents to the critical care unit with myriad life-threatening problems. Knowledge of the pathophysiology and treatment of this rare syndrome is essential to plan care appropriately. However, despite immediate diagnosis and intervention, the outcome may not be successful. Critical care nurses play a vital role in caring for these patients, as well as helping family members deal with this devastating disease.

scholarly journals Necesidades percibidas de atención por niños, cuidadores y enfermeros durante la hospitalización en una unidad de cuidado intensivo

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herly Ruth Alvarado ◽  
Sandra Mónica Rodriguez Colmenares
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Care Family

Objetivo: Identificar las necesidades de niños entre 8 y 18 años de edad, las de suscuidadores y las de los enfermeros, durante la hospitalización en cuidado intensivo.Material y métodos: se utilizó un diseño descriptivo de corte transversal. La muestraestuvo conformada por un total de 60 participantes: 20 niños y niñas, 20 cuidadoresy 20 enfermeros. Para recolectar información se aplicó el cuestionario Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI). Resultados: Se identificó que las necesidades más frecuentes estaban relacionadas con la dimensión de seguridad y comunicación paralos cuidadores y enfermería, y las de soporte y apoyo, para los niños y niñas. Conclusiones: Frente a las necesidades percibidas como prioritarias, el enfermero debe tenercuidado con la forma como brinda información y cómo es su acercamiento al niño y alcuidador; además, debe buscar estrategias que permitan disminuir el estrés que ocasionanlos aspectos contemplados en las dimensiones de seguridad y soporte y apoyo,recordando que el ser humano requiere un cuidado holístico. Igualmente, son importanteslas necesidades de recreación manifestadas por los niños y sus cuidadores.

Overview of Family Needs after Critical Illness: From Assessment to Intervention

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Stover Leske
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Critical Illness ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critical Care Nurses ◽  
Nursing Interventions ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Family Centered ◽  
Primary Family ◽  
Over Time

Results of numerous independent studies suggest that families of a critically ill hospitalized member have similar needs that they can readily identify as very important. Empirical analysis of results compiled from many studies across patient populations, settings, geographic locations, and over time indicates that families have primary needs for assurance, proximity, and information. These primary family needs provide a research-based framework to guide critical care nurses in implementing and evaluating family-centered nursing interventions

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