scholarly journals Factors Associated with Quality of Dying and Death in Korean Intensive Care Units: Perceptions of Nurses

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Haeyoung Lee ◽  
Seung-Hye Choi
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quality Of Dying ◽  
Terminally Ill Patients ◽  
Quality Of Death

The objective of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the quality of dying and death among terminally ill patients in an intensive care unit in Korea using a cross-sectional, online survey. A total of 300 nurses in the intensive care unit who had cared for a terminally ill patient for at least 48 h prior to death in the past six months were chosen to participate. The person-centered critical care nursing (PCCN) score and quality of dying and death (QODD) had a positive correlation. The QODD score increased when the consultation was conducted between the terminally ill patients and their doctors when CPR was not performed within 48 h of death, and when the PCCN score increased. The quality of death of patients is affected by whether they have sufficiently consulted with healthcare providers regarding their death and how much respect they receive. It is important for nurses to practice and improve patient-centered nursing care in order to ensure a good quality of death for terminally ill patients.

scholarly journals Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Death in the Intensive Care Unit

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1054-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Chughtai ◽  
Li Westman ◽  
Paul K. Maciejewski ◽  
Amanda Su ◽  
Lindsay Lief ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Quality Of Death

scholarly journals What happens to quality of life after the intensive care unit? Cross-sectional observational study

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Daniela Arango-Isaza ◽  
Mariana Velásquez-Duran ◽  
Camila Franco-Mesa ◽  
Esteban Calle-Correa ◽  
Mariana Jaramillo-Hurtado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Quality of dying in the intensive care unit: it’s a matter of time

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 1792-1792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex H. Gifford ◽  
Antonio M. Esquinas
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Quality Of Dying

scholarly journals Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit, a cross-sectional study from Norway

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Olsson Haave ◽  
Hilde Hammerud Bakke ◽  
Agneta Schröder
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Patient ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Icu Stay ◽  
The Family

Abstract Background Becoming critically ill represents not just a great upheaval for the patient in question, but also for the patient’s closest family. In recent years, there has been a change in how the quality of the public health service is measured. There is currently a focus on how patients and their families perceive the quality of treatment and care. It can be challenging for patients to evaluate their stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) due to illness and treatment. Earlier studies show that the perceptions of the family and the patient may concur. It is important, therefore, to ascertain the family’s level of satisfaction with the ICU stay. The aim of the study was to describe how the family evaluate their satisfaction with the ICU stay. A further aim was to identify which demographic variables were associated with differences in family satisfaction. Method The study had a cross-sectional design. A sample of 57 family members in two ICUs in Norway completed the questionnaire: Family satisfaction in the intensive care unit 24 (FS-ICU 24). Statistical analysis was conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test (U), Kruskal Wallis, Spearman rho and a performance-importance plot. Results The results showed that families were very satisfied with a considerable portion of the ICU stay. Families were less satisfied with the information they received and the decision-making processes than with the nursing and care performed during the ICU stay. The results revealed that two demographic variables – relation to the patient and patient survival – significantly affected family satisfaction. Conclusion Although families were very satisfied with the ICU stay, several areas were identified as having potential for improvement. The results showed that some of the family demographic variables were significant for family satisfaction. The findings are clinically relevant since the results can strengthen intensive care nurses’ knowledge when meeting the family of the intensive care patient.

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