Observational Study of Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit Using the German-language FS-ICU
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Critical Illness
- Sponsor
- Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Germany
- Enrollment
- 217
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Family Satisfaction in the ICU (FS-ICU) Questionnaire- Overall Satisfaction Score
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
There is increasing awareness that high-quality care in the intensive care unit also includes care of visiting family members according to their needs. The investigators therefore want to assess family satisfaction using a questionnaire that was specially developed for this setting and recently validated for German-speaking participants.
Detailed Description
Family members who visit patients on the ICU (intensive care unit) are not just onlookers. They experience the process of care along with their loved ones. Increasingly, the satisfaction of family members with ICU care, decision-making and information, and their empowerment to contribute towards patient care as near relatives, is being perceived as an important aspect of the general quality of ICU care. Family satisfaction is assessed using the 34-item FS-ICU questionnaire which was recently validated for German-speaking participants. The aim of this pilot survey is to identify opportunities for improvement of family satisfaction.
Investigators
Christiane Hartog
Principal investigator
Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Germany
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •all visiting family members who consent to participate
Exclusion Criteria
- •no more than two family members per patient;
- •prior participation
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Family Satisfaction in the ICU (FS-ICU) Questionnaire- Overall Satisfaction Score
Time Frame: From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months
Overall satisfaction score is calculated as the mean of 24 Items concerning satisfaction with care, communication and decision-making. After transformation of Items the score has a scale reaching from 0 (highly unsatisfied) to 100 (highly satisfied).
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient Severity of Illness(From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months)
- Patient Length of Stay on the ICU(From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months)
- Patient Mortality(From beginning of ICU stay until death or discharge of patient, whatever came first, assessed up to 2 months)