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Kentish-Barnes N, Azoulay E, Reignier J, Cariou A, Lafarge A, Huet O, Gargadennec T, Renault A, Souppart V, Clavier P, Dilosquer F, Leroux L, Légé S, Renet A, Brumback LC, Engelberg RA, Pochard F, Resche-Rigon M, Curtis JR. A randomised controlled trial of a nurse facilitator to promote communication for family members of critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 2024; 50:712-724. [PMID: 38573403 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07390-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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PURPOSE Suboptimal communication with clinicians, fragmented care and failure to align with patients' preferences are determinants of post intensive care unit (ICU) burden in family members. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a nurse facilitator on family psychological burden. METHODS We carried out a randomised controlled trial in five ICUs in France comparing standard communication by ICU clinicians to additional communication and support by nurse facilitators. We included patients > 18 years, with expected ICU length of stay > 2 days, chronic life-limiting illness, and their family members. Facilitators were trained to help families to secure care in line with patient's goals, beginning in ICU and continuing for 3 months. Assessments were made at baseline and 1, 3 and 6 months post-randomisation. Primary outcome was the evolution of family symptoms of depression over 6 months using a linear mixed effects model on the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Secondary outcomes included HADS-Anxiety, Impact of Event Scale-6, goal-concordant care and experience of serious illness (QUAL-E). RESULTS 385 patients and family members were enrolled. Follow-up at 1-, 3- and 6-month was completed by 284 (74%), 264 (68.6%) and 260 (67.5%) family members respectively. The intervention was associated with significantly more formal meetings between the ICU team and the family (1 [1-3] vs 2 [1-4]; p < 0.001). There was no significant difference between the intervention and control groups in evolution of symptoms of depression over 6 months (p = 0.91), nor in symptoms of depression at 6 months [0.53 95% CI (- 0.48; 1.55)]. There were no significant differences in secondary outcomes. CONCLUSION This study does not support the use of facilitators for family members of ICU patients.
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- Nancy Kentish-Barnes
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Famiréa Research Group, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Famiréa Research Group, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France
- Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
- Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Paris Cité University, Paris, France
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Famiréa Research Group, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
- Université de Brest, Brest, France
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Famiréa Research Group, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Famiréa Research Group, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Famiréa Research Group, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Paris Cité University, Paris, France
- Clinical Research Unit, APHP, Saint Louis University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Verweij L, Oesch S, Naef R. Tailored implementation of the FICUS multicomponent family support intervention in adult intensive care units: findings from a mixed methods contextual analysis. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:1339. [PMID: 38041092 PMCID: PMC10693161 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10285-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Family in Intensive Care UnitS (FICUS) trial investigates the clinical effectiveness of a multicomponent, nurse-led interprofessional family support intervention (FSI) and explores its implementation in intensive care units (ICUs). The local context of each ICU strongly influences intervention performance in practice. To promote FSI uptake and to reduce variation in intervention delivery, we aimed to develop tailored implementation strategies. METHODS A mixed method contextual analysis guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) was performed from March to June 2022 on eight ICUs assigned to the intervention group. ICU key clinical partners were asked to complete a questionnaire on CFIR inner setting measures (i.e., organizational culture, resources, learning climate and leadership engagement) and the Organizational Readiness for Implementing Change (ORIC) scale prior to group interviews, which were held to discuss barriers and facilitators to FSI implementation. Descriptive analysis and pragmatic rapid thematic analysis were used. Then, tailored implementation strategies were developed for each ICU. RESULTS In total, 33 key clinical partners returned the questionnaire and 40 attended eight group interviews. Results showed a supportive environment, with CFIR inner setting and ORIC measures each rated above 3 (scale: 1 low-5 high value), with leadership engagement scoring highest (median 4.00, IQR 0.38). Interview data showed that the ICU teams were highly motivated and committed to implementing the FSI. They reported limited resources, new interprofessional information exchange, and role adoption of nurses as challenging. CONCLUSION We found that important pre-conditions for FSI implementation, such as leadership support, a supportive team culture, and a good learning climate were present. Some aspects, such as available resources, interprofessional collaboration and family nurses' role adoption were of concern and needed attention. An initial set of implementation strategies were relevant to all ICUs, but some additions and adaptation to local needs were required. Multi-component interventions are challenging to implement within complex systems, such as ICUs. This pragmatic, theory-guided, mixed methods contextual analysis demonstrated high readiness and commitment to FSI implementation in the context of a clinical trial and enabled the specification of a tailored, multifaceted implementation strategy.
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- Lotte Verweij
- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Centre of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Centre of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Coventry A, Gerdtz M, McInnes E, Dickson J, Hudson P. Supporting families of patients who die in adult intensive care: A scoping review of interventions. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2023; 78:103454. [PMID: 37253283 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Families who perceive themselves as prepared for an impending death experience reduced psychological burden during bereavement. Understanding which interventions promote death preparedness in families during end-of-life care in intensive care will inform future intervention development and may help limit the burden of psychological symptoms associated with bereavement. AIM To identify and characterise interventions that help prepare families for the possibility of death in intensive care, incorporating barriers to intervention implementation, outcome variables and instruments used. DESIGN Scoping review using Joanna Briggs methodology, prospectively registered and reported using relevant guidelines. DATA SOURCES A systematic search of six databases from 2007 to 2023 for randomised controlled trials evaluating interventions that prepared families of intensive care patients for the possibility of death. Citations were screened against the inclusion criteria and extracted by two reviewers independently. RESULTS Seven trials met eligibility criteria. Interventions were classified: decision support, psychoeducation, information provision. Psychoeducation involving physician-led family conference, emotional support and written information reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression, prolonged grief, and post-traumatic stress in families during bereavement. Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress were assessed most frequently. Barriers and facilitators to intervention implementation were seldom reported. CONCLUSION This review provides a conceptual framework of interventions to prepare families for death in intensive care, while highlighting a gap in rigorously conducted empirical research in this area. Future research should focus on theoretically informed, family-clinician communication, and explore the benefits of integrating existing multidisciplinary palliative care guidelines to deliver family conference within intensive care. IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE Intensive care clinicians should consider innovative communication strategies to build family-clinician connectedness in remote pandemic conditions. To prepare families for an impending death, mnemonic guided physician-led family conference and printed information could be implemented to prepare families for death, dying and bereavement. Mnemonic guided emotional support during dying and family conference after death may also assist families seeking closure.
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- Alysia Coventry
- Department of Nursing, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia; The Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, 172 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia; Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, Level 5, 215 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. https://twitter.com/@AlysiaCoventry
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- Department of Nursing, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia. https://twitter.com/@MarieGerdtz
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- Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent's Health Network Sydney, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne & Australian Catholic University, Level 5, 215 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
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- Library and Academic Research Services, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia. https://twitter.com/@jess_dickson15
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- Department of Nursing, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia; The Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, 172 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia; Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium
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Oesch S, Verweij L, Clack L, Finch T, Riguzzi M, Naef R. Implementation of a multicomponent family support intervention in adult intensive care units: study protocol for an embedded mixed-methods multiple case study (FICUS implementation study). BMJ Open 2023; 13:e074142. [PMID: 37553195 PMCID: PMC10414125 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The implementation of complex interventions is considered challenging, particularly in multi-site clinical trials and dynamic clinical settings. This study protocol is part of the family intensive care units (FICUS) hybrid effectiveness-implementation study. It aims to understand the integration of a multicomponent family support intervention in the real-world context of adult intensive care units (ICUs). Specifically, the study will assess implementation processes and outcomes of the study intervention, including fidelity, and will enable explanation of the clinical effectiveness outcomes of the trial. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This mixed-methods multiple case study is guided by two implementation theories, the Normalisation Process Theory and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Participants are key clinical partners and healthcare professionals of eight ICUs allocated to the intervention group of the FICUS trial in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Data will be collected at four timepoints over the 18-month active implementation and delivery phase using qualitative (small group interviews, observation, focus group interviews) and quantitative data collection methods (surveys, logs). Descriptive statistics and parametric and non-parametric tests will be used according to data distribution to analyse within and between cluster differences, similarities and factors associated with fidelity and the level of integration over time. Qualitative data will be analysed using a pragmatic rapid analysis approach and content analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval was obtained from the Cantonal Ethics Committee of Zurich BASEC ID 2021-02300 (8 February 2022). Study findings will provide insights into implementation and its contribution to intervention outcomes, enabling understanding of the usefulness of applied implementation strategies and highlighting main barriers that need to be addressed for scaling the intervention to other healthcare contexts. Findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION NUMBER Open science framework (OSF) https://osf.io/8t2ud Registered on 21 December 2022.
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- Saskia Oesch
- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich Faculty of Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland
- Center of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Dzeng E, Merel SE, Kross EK. J. Randall Curtis's Legacy and Scientific Contributions to Palliative Care in Critical Care. J Pain Symptom Manage 2022; 63:e587-e593. [PMID: 35595372 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Elizabeth Dzeng
- Division of Hospital Medicine (E.D.), Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; Cicely Saunders Institute (E.D.), King's College London, London, UK.
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- Division of General Internal Medicine (S.E.M.), Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington State, USA; Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine (S.E.M., E.K.K.), Seattle, Washington State, USA
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- Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine (S.E.M., E.K.K.), Seattle, Washington State, USA; Division of Pulmonary (E.K.K.), Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington State, USA
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Rosa WE, Banerjee SC, Maingi S. Family caregiver inclusion is not a level playing field: toward equity for the chosen families of sexual and gender minority patients. Palliat Care Soc Pract 2022; 16:26323524221092459. [PMID: 35462621 PMCID: PMC9021511 DOI: 10.1177/26323524221092459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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- William E Rosa
- Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 641 Lexington Avenue, 7th fl., New York, NY 10022, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Dana-Farber, South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, MA, USA
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