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Cypress B, Gharzeddine R, Rosemary Fu M, Ransom M, Villarente F, Pitman C. Healthcare professionals perspective of the facilitators and barriers to family engagement during patient-and-family-centered-care interdisciplinary rounds in intensive care unit: A qualitative exploratory study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2024; 82:103636. [PMID: 38301418 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103636] [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: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Family engagement in care for critically ill patients remains an inconsistent practice and an understudied area of nursing science. Rounds for this study is an interdisciplinary activity conducted at the bedside in partnership with patients, their families, and the health care professionals involved in providing the care. We sought to explore and describe the facilitators and barriers to family engagement during patient and family-centered interdisciplinary rounds in the intensive care unit. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/DESIGN This qualitative exploratory study is part of a multisite experimental study (#Pro2020001614; NCT05449990). We analyzed the narrative data from the qualitative questions added in the survey from 52 healthcare professionals involved in a multisite experimental study using Braun and Clarke's (2006) constructionist, contextualist approach to thematic analysis. SETTING The study was conducted in the intensive care unit of two medical centers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The findings presented are themes illuminated from thematic analysis namely communication gaps, family's lack of resources, familial and healthcare providers' characteristics, lack of leadership, interprofessional support, policy, and guidelines. FINDINGS Family engagement in critical care during interdisciplinary rounds occurred within the intersectionality among families, healthcare professionals' practice, and organizational factors. The facilitators for family engagement include supported, championed, and advocated-for family adaptation, teams, and professional practice, and organizational receptivity, and support. Communication and leadership are the precursors to family engagement. CONCLUSIONS The findings added new knowledge for exploring the nature and scope of family engagement in critical care. Family engagement must be incorporated into the organizational vision and mission, and healthcare delivery systems. IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE There is a need to further investigate the resources, organizational support mechanisms, and systems that affect patients, families, and healthcare professionals, and the establishment of policies that will aid in reducing barriers to family engagement in the intensive care unit.
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Marks CM, Wolfe RE, Grossman SA. The effect of visitation restrictions on ED error. Intern Emerg Med 2024:10.1007/s11739-024-03537-3. [PMID: 38372885 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-024-03537-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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EDs restricted visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic on the assumption that the risks of disease spread outweighed the psychological benefits of liberal visitation. But data suggest that beyond providing emotional support, family and caregivers can clarify history, improve patient monitoring, and advocate for patients-actions that can improve quality of care. Our objective was to assess whether removing visitors from the bedside contributed to errors in emergency care. We reviewed a database of medical errors covering visits from 11/15/17 to 7/30/22 at an urban, tertiary-care, academic ED for five types of error amenable to visitor intervention: inadequate history gathering, inadequate monitoring, falls, giving a medication to which a patient is allergic, and inappropriate medication dosing. These records were reviewed by two investigators to determine the likelihood visitor presence could have prevented the error. For those errors judged susceptible to visitor intercession, the number in each category was compared for the period before and after strict restrictions took effect. Our review found 27/781 (3.5%) errors in the pre-pandemic period and 27/568 (4.8%) errors in the pandemic period fell into one of these five categories (p = 0.29). Visitors prevented harm from reaching the patient in three of 27 pre-pandemic errors (11.1%), compared to 0 out of 27 peri-pandemic errors (p = 0.23). On review by two attendings, 17/24 (70.8%) errors that reached the patient in the pre-pandemic period were judged amenable to visitor intervention, compared to 25/27 (92.6%) in the pandemic period (p = 0.09). There were no statistically significant differences in the categories of error between the two groups; monitoring errors came the closest: 1/17 (5.9%) pre-COVID errors amenable to visitor intervention in these categories were monitoring related, whereas 7/25 (28.0%) post-COVID errors were (p = 0.16). While this study did not demonstrate a statistically significant difference in error between lenient and restrictive visitation eras, we did find multiple cases in the pre-COVID era in which family presence prevented error, and qualitative review of post-COVID errors suggested many could have been prevented by family presence. Larger trials are needed to determine how frequent and consequential such errors are and how to balance the public health imperative of curbing disease spread with the harm caused by restricting visitation.
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- Clifford Michael Marks
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Saavedra-Mitjans M, Frenette AJ, McCredie VA, Burry L, Arbour C, Mehta S, Charbonney E, Wang HT, Albert M, Bernard F, Williamson D. Physicians' beliefs and perceived importance of traumatic brain injury-associated agitation in critically ill patients: a survey of Canadian intensivists. Can J Anaesth 2024; 71:264-273. [PMID: 38129356 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02666-1] [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: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Agitation is a common behavioural problem following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Intensive care unit (ICU) physicians' perspectives regarding TBI-associated agitation are unknown. Our objective was to describe physicians' beliefs and perceived importance of TBI-associated agitation in critically ill patients. METHODS Following current standard guidance, we built an electronic, self-administrated, 42-item survey, pretested it for reliability and validity, and distributed it to 219 physicians working in 18 ICU level-1 trauma centres in Canada. We report the results using descriptive statistics. RESULTS The overall response rate was 93/219 (42%), and 76/93 (82%) respondents completed the full survey. Most respondents were men with ten or more years of experience. Respondents believed that pre-existing dementia (90%) and regular recreational drug use (86%) are risk factors for agitation. Concerning management, 91% believed that the use of physical restraints could worsen agitation, 90% believed that having family at the bedside reduces agitation, and 72% believed that alpha-2 adrenergic agonists are efficacious for managing TBI agitation. Variability was observed in beliefs on epidemiology, sex, gender, age, socioeconomic status, and other pharmacologic options. Respondents considered TBI agitation frequent enough to justify the implementation of management protocols (87%), perceived the current level of clinical evidence on TBI agitation management to be insufficient (84%), and expressed concerns about acute and long-term detrimental outcomes and burden to patients, health care professionals, and relatives (85%). CONCLUSION Traumatic brain injury-associated agitation in critically ill patients was perceived as an important issue for most ICU physicians. Physicians agreed on multiple approaches to manage TBI-associated agitation although agreement on epidemiology and risk factors was variable.
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- Mar Saavedra-Mitjans
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- Research Center, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Research Center, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Pharmacy Department, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacy, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Research Center, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Research Center, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Pharmacy Department, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Oviedo Lugo GF, García Martínez PA, Duarte Osorio A, Rincón CJ, López A, Chavarría R, Pineda Betancur C, García Gil N, Duarte Ariza MN, Patiño Trejos JA, Insignares JS, Gómez-Restrepo C. Incidence of confusional syndrome (delirium) in a Latin American university hospital. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE PSIQUIATRIA (ENGLISH ED.) 2024; 53:41-46. [PMID: 38653661 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2022.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the incidence of delirium and its subtypes in patients admitted to different departments of university hospitals in Latin America. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of delirium and the frequency of its subtypes, as well as its associated factors, in patients admitted to different departments of a university hospital in Bogotá, Colombia. METHODS A cohort of patients over 18 years of age admitted to the internal medicine (IM), geriatrics (GU), general surgery (GSU), orthopaedics (OU) and intensive care unit (ICU) services of a university hospital was followed up between January and June 2018. To detect the presence of delirium, we used the CAM (Confusion Assessment Method) and the CAM-ICU if the patient had decreased communication skills. The delirium subtype was characterised using the RASS (Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale). Patients were assessed on their admission date and then every two days until discharged from the hospital. Those in whom delirium was identified were referred for specialised intra-institutional interdisciplinary management. RESULTS A total of 531 patients admitted during the period were assessed. The overall incidence of delirium was 12% (95% CI, 0.3-14.8). They represented 31.8% of patients in the GU, 15.6% in the ICU, 8.7% in IM, 5.1% in the OU, and 3.9% in the GSU. The most frequent clinical display was the mixed subtype, at 60.9%, followed by the normoactive subtype (34.4%) and the hypoactive subtype (4.7%). The factors most associated with delirium were age (adjusted RR = 1.07; 95% CI, 1.05-1.09), the presence of four or more comorbidities (adjusted RR = 2.04; 95% CI, 1.31-3.20), and being a patient in the ICU (adjusted RR = 2.02; 95% CI, 1.22-3.35). CONCLUSIONS The incidence of delirium is heterogeneous in the different departments of the university hospital. The highest incidence occurred in patients that were admitted to the GU. The mixed subtype was the most frequent one, and the main associated factors were age, the presence of four or more comorbidities, and being an ICU patient.
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- Gabriel Fernando Oviedo Lugo
- Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia; Centro de Memoria y Cognición Intellectus, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia; Centro de Memoria y Cognición Intellectus, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Social, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Psiquiatría, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
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Lin L, Peng Y, Huang X, Li S, Chen L, Lin Y. A family intervention to prevent postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery: A randomized controlled study. Heart Lung 2024; 63:1-8. [PMID: 37714079 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2023.09.002] [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: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Multiple guidelines recommend that families be involved in the care of ICU patients, which has been widely used in ICU delirium management in recent years. Postoperative delirium (POD) occurs frequently after cardiac surgery and is associated with poor outcomes; however, the effects of family intervention on this group are rarely studied. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the effects of family intervention on the incidence of POD and the ICU prognoses of patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery. METHODS This was a two-group, single-blind, randomized controlled trial involving 80 patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery, with 40 patients in each group. The control group received routine ICU visits, and the experimental group implemented a family intervention that instructed family caregivers to participate in delirium management during ICU visits. The occurrence of POD, ICU stay, mechanical ventilation time of patients; as well as the anxiety, depression, and satisfaction levels of family caregivers were compared between the two groups. RESULTS The incidence of POD and ICU stay of patients were significantly lower in the experimental group compared to the control group (P < 0.05). The anxiety and depression incidence of family caregivers in the experimental group was lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05), and satisfaction scores were higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Family intervention has the potential to reduce the incidence of POD in patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery, shorten ICU stays, reduce the incidence of anxiety and depression in family caregivers, and improve their satisfaction. These findings suggest that family intervention could be incorporated into routine nursing practice.
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- Lingyu Lin
- Department of Nursing, Fujian medical university, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Heart Center of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Heart Center of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Heart Center of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Heart Center of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Heart Center of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Heart Center of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China; Department of Nursing, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
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Balsalobre-Martínez P, Montosa-García R, Marín-Yago A, Baeza-Mirete M, Muñoz-Rubio GM, Rojo-Rojo A. Challenges of the Implementation of a Delirium Rate Scale in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Approach. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 12:52. [PMID: 38200958 PMCID: PMC10779040 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12010052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Delirium in the pediatric population admitted to intensive care is a worrying reality due to its potential complications and the increase in associated costs. This study aims to explore the experiences of nursing staff of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit after 15 months of starting a program to fight against childhood delirium in their unit. METHODOLOGY A qualitative study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Key Informants. The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) and the consolidated criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) were followed as quality measures for the study. Seven nurses (33% of the eligible population) from the PICU of a referral hospital were interviewed. Text transcripts were analyzed using the Interpretative Description and Qualitative Content Analysis method. RESULTS The interviewees indicated not identifying delirium as an important reality; with great deficiencies observed in what is related to the identification of delirium; identifying CAPD as an unreliable tool in their unit; and not sharing therapeutic objectives in this respect with the medical staff. CONCLUSIONS The nursing staff presented a series of negative attitudes towards the phenomena of delirium in their unit, with gaps in training and in clinical management, and the diagnostic tool used, and did not see it as a priority objective of the unit, partly due to a resistance to change and a latent interprofessional communication conflict. A change at the formative, attitudinal, and relational levels is urgently needed for the success of the program and the well-being of the children in the unit.
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Public Murcian Healthcare System, 30120 Murcia, Spain (A.M.-Y.)
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Public Murcian Healthcare System, 30120 Murcia, Spain (A.M.-Y.)
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- Faculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
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- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Public Murcian Health System, 30120 Murcia, Spain
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- Faculty of Nursing, Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
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Jeong H, Choi Y, Kim H. Nonface-to-Face Visitation to Restrict Patient Visits for Infection Control: Integrative Review. Interact J Med Res 2023; 12:e43572. [PMID: 38015595 PMCID: PMC10686251 DOI: 10.2196/43572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In the COVID-19 pandemic, a visit restriction policy for patients has been implemented in medical institutions worldwide and visits are being made using alternative communication technologies. This shift has also required the use of platforms to prevent negative consequences of these restrictions. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review was to comprehensively explore nonface-to-face visits as an alternative during infection prevention and to synthesize the scientific evidence of their benefits and disadvantages. METHODS A comprehensive search was conducted via the PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, and Web of Science electronic databases; unpublished trials in the clinical trials register ClinicalTrials.gov; and Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library up to September 10, 2021. The search query was developed according to the guidelines of the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies and included keywords on the topics of telemedicine and visitation restrictions. The inclusion criteria were a nonface-to-face modality using telemedicine with family in a hospital setting, experimental and observational studies, and articles written in English. The exclusion criteria were inaccessible in full text, not related to patient or family involvement, mainly focused on the study protocol, or only discussing the pros and cons of telemedicine. RESULTS Overall, patients' families experienced emotional distress due to restrictions on face-to-face visits. Nonface-to-face virtual visits compensating for these restrictions had a positive effect on reducing the risk of infection to the patient and the family. This further encouraged psychological and physical recovery and decreased psychological distress. However, nonface-to-face virtual technology could not replace the existence of actual families, and technical problems with networks and devices are reported as limitations. CONCLUSIONS Ensuring the availability of technology and educating on the same in alignment with the characteristics of patients and their families, nonface-to-face virtual visits need to show more potential as an effective patient-centered treatment strategy based on more research and advanced practice.
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- Hyunwoo Jeong
- College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Surgical Nursing, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Siddiqui S, Kelly L, Bosch N, Law A, Patel LA, Perkins N, Armaignac DL, Zabolotskikh I, Christie A, Krishna Mohan S, Deo N, Bansal V, Kumar VK, Gajic O, Kashyap R, Domecq JP, Boman K, Walkey A, Banner-Goodspeed V, Schaefer MS. Discharge Disposition and Loss of Independence Among Survivors of COVID-19 Admitted to Intensive Care: Results From the SCCM Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS). J Intensive Care Med 2023; 38:931-938. [PMID: 37157813 PMCID: PMC10183337 DOI: 10.1177/08850666231174375] [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: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To describe incidence and risk factors of loss of previous independent living through nonhome discharge or discharge home with health assistance in survivors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). DESIGN Multicenter observational study including patients admitted to the ICU from January 2020 till June 30, 2021. HYPOTHESIS We hypothesized that there is a high risk of nonhome discharge in patients surviving ICU admission due to COVID-19. SETTING Data were included from 306 hospitals in 28 countries participating in the SCCM Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study COVID-19 registry. PATIENTS Previously independently living adult ICU survivors of COVID-19. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The primary outcome was nonhome discharge. Secondary outcome was the requirement of health assistance among patients who were discharged home. Out of 10 820 patients, 7101 (66%) were discharged alive; 3791 (53%) of these survivors lost their previous independent living status, out of those 2071 (29%) through nonhome discharge, and 1720 (24%) through discharge home requiring health assistance. In adjusted analyses, loss of independence on discharge among survivors was predicted by patient age ≥ 65 years (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.78, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.47-3.14, P < .0001), former and current smoking status (aOR 1.25, 95% CI 1.08-1.46, P = .003 and 1.60 (95% CI 1.18-2.16), P = .003, respectively), substance use disorder (aOR 1.52, 95% CI 1.12-2.06, P = .007), requirement for mechanical ventilation (aOR 4.17, 95% CI 3.69-4.71, P < .0001), prone positioning (aOR 1.19, 95% CI 1.03-1.38, P = .02), and requirement for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (aOR 2.28, 95% CI 1.55-3.34, P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS More than half of ICU survivors hospitalized for COVID-19 are unable to return to independent living status, thereby imposing a significant secondary strain on health care systems worldwide.
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- Shahla Siddiqui
- Center for Anesthesia Research
Excellence (CARE), Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Anesthesia Research
Excellence (CARE), Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Allina Health (Abbott Northwestern
Hospital), Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Atrium Health Navicent the Medical
Center, Macon, GA, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN,
USA
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- Society of Critical Care
Medicine, Mount Prospect, IL, USA
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- Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Anesthesia Research
Excellence (CARE), Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Anesthesia Research
Excellence (CARE), Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology,
Duesseldorf University Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Marshall AP, Van Scoy LJ, Chaboyer W, Chew M, Davidson J, Day AG, Martinez A, Patel J, Roberts S, Skrobik Y, Taylor B, Tobiano G, Heyland DK. A randomised controlled trial of a nutrition and a decision support intervention to enable partnerships with families of critically ill patients. J Clin Nurs 2023; 32:6723-6742. [PMID: 37161555 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16752] [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: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of supporting family members to partner with health professionals on nutrition intakes and decision-making and to evaluate intervention and study feasibility. BACKGROUND Family partnerships can improve outcomes for critically ill patients and family members. Interventions that support families to engage with health professionals require evaluation. DESIGN A multi-centre, randomised, parallel group superiority Phase II randomised controlled trial. METHODS In nine intensive care units (ICUs) across three countries, critically ill patients ≥60 years, or those 55-59 years with advanced chronic diseases and expected ICU length of stay >72 h and their family member were enrolled between 9 May 2017 and 31 March 2020. Participants were randomised (1:1:1) to either a decision support or nutrition optimisation family-centred intervention, or usual care. Primary outcomes included protein and energy intake during ICU and hospital stay (nutrition intervention) and family satisfaction (decision support). Study feasibility was assessed as a composite of consent rate, intervention adherence, contamination and physician awareness of intervention assignment. RESULTS We randomised 135 patients/family members (consent rate 51.7%). The average rate of randomisation was 0.5 (0.13-1.53) per month. Unavailability (staff/family) was the major contributor to families not being approached for consent. Declined consent was attributed to families feeling overwhelmed (58/126, 46%). Pandemic visitor restrictions contributed to early study cessation. Intervention adherence for the decision support intervention was 76.9%-100.0% and for the nutrition intervention was 44.8%-100.0%. Nutritional adequacy, decisional conflict, satisfaction with decision-making and overall family satisfaction with ICU were similar for all groups. CONCLUSIONS Active partnerships between family members and health professionals are important but can be challenging to achieve in critical care contexts. We were unable to demonstrate the efficacy of either intervention. Feasibility outcomes suggest further refinement of interventions and study protocol may be warranted. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Interventions to promote family partnerships in critical illness are needed but require a greater understanding of the extent to which families want and are able to engage and the activities in which they have most impact. REPORTING METHOD This study has been reported following the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) and the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) guidelines. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Patients and caregivers were engaged in and contributed to the development and subsequent iterations of the two family-centred interventions use in this study. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER Trial registration. CLINICALTRIALS gov, ID: NCT02920086. Registered on 30 September 2016. First patient enrolled on 9 May 2017 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=&term=NCT02920086&cntry=&state=&city=&dist=.
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- Andrea P Marshall
- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Intensive Care Unit, Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Humanities, and Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Phoenix VA Healthcare System, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- San Diego Health, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Intensive Care Unit, Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Queens's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Li J, Cai S, Mei J, Liu X, Wang X, Pan W, Zhang Y. The beliefs and attitudes of intensive care unit nurses and patient families regarding an open visitation policy in China. Nurs Crit Care 2023; 28:800-807. [PMID: 36585813 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12870] [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: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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AIMS To investigate the beliefs and attitudes of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and patients' family members towards an open visitation policy in the ICU in China and to explore the reasons that promote or hinder open visitation to improve visitation policy. BACKGROUND Open visitation policies are widely recommended in many countries. However, there are gaps between evidence and practice. Most ICUs in China still use a restrictive policy for family visits, which raises controversy. There are limited visiting times, and family visitors are not allowed to enter the ICU. STUDY DESIGN A multicentre survey was conducted in seven hospitals in China. The Beliefs and Attitudes towards Visitation in the Intensive Care Unit Questionnaire (BAVIQ) was administered to ICU nurses and patient families from 11 the ICUs of seven hospitals. A total of 275 questionnaires were completed and returned by ICU nurses and 139 by patients' family members. RESULTS Among nurses, the belief scale score was 2.87 ± 0.33 (range 2-4), and the attitude scale score was 5.53 ± 1.12 (range 2.33-7). The belief scale was divided into three subscales: nurses, patients, and patients' families. The subscale score for patients' families was the highest, and the nurses' subscale score was the lowest. Most (84.0%) of the nurses were satisfied with the current ICU visitation policy. The belief and attitude scores were 3.13 ± 0.39 (range 1.96-4) and 6.18 ± 1.20 (range 1.67-7), respectively, for family members. The scores of the three subscales, that is, patients, patients' families and nurses, were 3.13 ± 0.40, 3.26 ± 0.43, and 3.04 ± 0.49, respectively. CONCLUSION Nurses' beliefs and attitudes towards implementing an open visitation policy in China are at a less positive level than those of patient family members. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE The beliefs and attitudes of nurses towards open visitation policy in China need to be improved. The question of how to mobilize nurses' enthusiasm for an open visitation policy poses a challenge for ICU management.
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- Jingjing Li
- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Critical Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Critical Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Critical Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Department of Critical Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Erbay Dalli Ö, Akça Doğan D, Bayram R, Pehlivan S, Yildiz H. Practices of the ABCDEF care bundle in intensive care units as reported by nurses: A cross-sectional study from Turkey. Nurs Crit Care 2023. [PMID: 37581265 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent critical care guidelines recommended the evidence-based ABCDEF care bundle for intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However, limited information is available on the implementation of the bundle in Turkish ICUs. AIM To assess the current practices of the ABCDEF care bundle as reported by ICU nurses. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study using a web-based survey was conducted. Researchers invited nurses with at least 1 year of ICU experience to participate by sending the link to the research questionnaires they created in Google Forms to the one ICU nurse association and one communication group of which they are members. RESULTS A total of 342 ICU nurses completed the survey. Although 92% of the participants performed pain assessments in their ICUs, 52.7% reported not using protocols. Based on the responses of the nurses, spontaneous awakening and breathing trials are performed in 88.8% and 92.4%, respectively, of ICUs. Fewer than half of the participants reported following a sedation protocol in their ICUs. Only 54.7% of ICU nurses surveyed reported routinely monitoring patients for delirium. It was reported that early mobilization was practised in 68.7% of ICUs, but non-ventilated patients were mobilized more frequently (70.2%), and 9.7% of ICUs had mobilization teams. Family members were actively involved in 95% of ICUs; however, 9.7% used dedicated staff to support families and 3.5% reported that their unit was open 24 h/day for visits. CONCLUSIONS While the implementation of most pain and sedation evaluations in ICUs were reported by nurses, many of them did not use structured delirium assessments. There is a need to encourage early mobilization programs and family participation. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE Health institutions can improve patient care and outcomes by establishing and standardizing a protocol for each component of the ABCDEF care bundle in ICUs.
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- Öznur Erbay Dalli
- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Health Sciences, Bursa, Turkey
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Adineh M, Elahi N, Molavynejad S, Jahani S, Savaie M. Investigating the effect of implementing a sensory stimulation program by family members on delirium status of brain injury patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit: A randomized clinical trial. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2023; 12:187. [PMID: 37546022 PMCID: PMC10402778 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_921_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Delirium is the most common psychological disorder in brain injury patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU), one of the leading causes of which can be sensory deprivation or sensory overload. This study aimed to determine the effect of implementing a sensory stimulation program by family members on the delirium status of ICU-hospitalized brain injury patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this randomized controlled clinical trial, 66 brain injury patients hospitalized in the ICUs were assigned to intervention and control groups using stratified random sampling. For the intervention group, a sensory stimulation program was implemented by family members for 1 h a day during the ICU stay. The control group received routine care. Patients' delirium status was assessed daily using the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU). Data were analyzed by the SPSS software version 22, using Chi-square, independent t-test, and Binary logistic regression model tests, at a significance level of 0.05. RESULTS Odds of delirium Incidence in the intervention group was 94% lower than in the control group (OR = 0.057, 95% CI 0.017, 0.19, P = 0.001). There is a significant difference between the two groups in terms of length of delirium (P = 0.001), stay in ICU (P = 0.001) and mechanical ventilation (P = 0.001). The mean of all three variables in the intervention group was lower than the control group. CONCLUSIONS Implementing of sensory stimulation program by the family members, as a non-pharmacological method, can reduce the incidence of delirium in brain injury patients admitted to ICU.
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- Mohammad Adineh
- Nursing Care Research Center in Chronic Diseases, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Nursing Care Research Center in Chronic Diseases, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Nursing Care Research Center in Chronic Diseases, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Nursing Care Research Center in Chronic Diseases, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Welsch E, Vashisht A, Stutzman SE, Olson DM. Family Presence May Reduce Postoperative Delirium After Spinal Surgery. J Neurosci Nurs 2023; 55:97-102. [PMID: 37094374 DOI: 10.1097/jnn.0000000000000704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Delirium is associated with worse outcomes, but there is a gap in literature identifying nurse-led interventions to reduce delirium in postoperative (postop) surgical spine patients. Because family presence has been associated with a variety of beneficial effects, we aimed to examine whether family presence in the spine intensive care unit (ICU) during the night after surgery was associated with less confusion or delirium on postop day 1. METHODS: This is a prospective nonrandomized pilot clinical trial with pragmatic sampling. Group designation was assigned by natural history. The family-present group was designated as patients for whom a family member remained present during the first night after surgery. The unaccompanied group was designated as patients who did not have a family member stay the night. Data include the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale, the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU, the 4AT (Alertness, Attention, Abbreviated mental test, and Acute change) score, and confusion measured with the orientation item on the Glasgow Coma Scale. Baseline data were collected after admission to the spine ICU and compared with the same data collected in the morning of postop day 1. RESULTS: At baseline, 5 of 16 patients in the family-present group (31.3%) had at least 1 incidence of delirium or confusion. Similarly, 6 of 14 patients in the unaccompanied group (42.9%) had at least 1 incidence of delirium or confusion. There was a clinically relevant, but not statistically significant, reduction in postop day 1 delirium or confusion comparing the family-present (6.3%) and unaccompanied (21.4%) groups ( P = .23). CONCLUSION: Family presence may reduce delirium and confusion for patients after spine surgery. The results support continued research into examining nurse-led interventions to reduce delirium and improve outcomes for this population.
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Yuan C, Xiao Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Wang Y, Lin F. The effect of video visitation on intensive care unit patients and family members outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomised controlled trial. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2023; 76:103394. [PMID: 36731263 PMCID: PMC9852363 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of video visitation on intensive care patients' and family members' outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN This is a randomised controlled trial. SETTING An adult intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China. METHODS A total of 121 adults, who were >18 years of age, conscious, able to communicate verbally, and admitted to the intensive care unit for over 24 hours were randomised into the intervention (video visitation) (n = 65) and control (n = 56) Groups. A total of 98 family members participated. Patient primary outcomes included anxiety and depression, measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Secondary outcomes included patient delirium and family anxiety assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method scale and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, respectively; and patient and family satisfaction, measured using a questionnaire routinely used in the hospital. RESULTS There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in patients' anxiety (t = 1.328, p = 0.187) and depression scores (t = 1.569, p = 0.119); and no statistically significant differences in delirium incidence between the groups (7.7 % vs 7.1 %, p > 0.05). There were no significant differences in changes in family members' anxiety scores (t = 0.496, p = 0.621). A statistically significant difference in satisfaction was found between the two group patients (86.1 % vs 57.2 % of patients were satisfied with using video visitation, p < 0.05), and the result of family members' satisfaction was also statistically significant (88 % vs 62.5 % of family members were satisfied with using video visitation, p < 0.05). CONCLUSION Video visitation did not seem to influence anxiety, but the use of video visitation can improve the patient and their family members' satisfaction. Future research is needed to determine the feasibility of embedding video visitation into routine practice, and the optimal frequency and length of video visitation in relation to patients' and family members' outcomes. IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE Video visitation improved patient and family members' satisfaction. Therefore, clinicians should consider using video visitation when face to face visit is restricted. Video visVitation did not reduce patient anxiety significantly in this study maybe because the average length of intensive care stay was too short. Future research is needed on its effect on long term intensive care patients.
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- Cui Yuan
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China,Corresponding authors
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia,Corresponding authors
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Simone B, Ippolito M, Iozzo P, Zuccaro F, Giarratano A, Cecconi M, Tabah A, Cortegiani A. Variation in Communication and Family Visiting Policies in Italian Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Secondary Analysis of the COVISIT International Survey. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11050669. [PMID: 36900674 PMCID: PMC10001082 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11050669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions to in-person visiting of caregivers to patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) were applied in many countries. Our aim was to describe the variations in communication and family visiting policies in Italian ICUs during the pandemic. METHODS A secondary analysis from the COVISIT international survey was conducted, focusing on data from Italy. RESULTS Italian ICUs provided 118 (18%) responses out of 667 responses collected worldwide. A total of 12 Italian ICUs were at the peak of COVID-19 admissions at the time of the survey and 42/118 had 90% or more of patients admitted to ICU affected by COVID-19. During the COVID-19 peak, 74% of Italian ICUs adopted a no-in-person-visiting policy. This remained the most common strategy (67%) at the time of the survey. Information to families was provided by regular phone calls (81% in Italy versus 47% for the rest of the world). Virtual visiting was available for 69% and most commonly performed using devices provided by the ICU (71% in Italy versus 36% outside Italy). CONCLUSION Our study showed that restrictions to the ICU applied during the COVID-19 pandemic were still in use at the time of the survey. The main means of communication with caregivers were telephone and virtual meetings.
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- Barbara Simone
- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science, University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffrè 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science, University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffrè 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy
- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ospedale Madonna delle Grazie, Azienda Sanitaria Matera, 75100 Matera, Italy
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science, University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffrè 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy
- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, 90127 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20072 Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Redcliffe Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Services, Redcliffe, QLD 4020, Australia
- School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Antimicrobial Optimisation Group, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
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- Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science, University of Palermo, Via Liborio Giuffrè 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy
- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, 90127 Palermo, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0916552751
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Milner KA. Evolution of Visiting the Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Clin 2023; 39:541-558. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Marmo S, Milner KA. From Open to Closed: COVID-19 Restrictions on Previously Unrestricted Visitation Policies in Adult Intensive Care Units. Am J Crit Care 2023; 32:31-41. [PMID: 36175358 DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2023365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND In March 2020, rising numbers of COVID-19 infections contributed to changes in intensive care unit visitation policies, with some facilities allowing no visitors. OBJECTIVE To compare visitation policies of Magnet and Pathway to Excellence hospitals with prepandemic open visitation in adult intensive care units. METHODS A mixed-methods study was conducted from January through March 2021. Quantitative data on visitation policies were extracted from websites of 96 Magnet and Pathway to Excellence hospitals that had allowed unrestricted visits in adult intensive care units before the pandemic. Qualitative data were collected via semistructured interviews with 9 nurse leaders from these hospitals. RESULTS More than 1 year after the start of the pandemic, all of the hospitals had instituted restricted visitation policies. The policies varied, with little to no evidence-based justification. Restrictions included 83% of hospitals (n = 80) allowing just 1 visitor per day and 69% of hospitals (n = 50 of 72) allowing no visits at all for patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit. Five themes were found when nurse leaders' interviews were analyzed: visitors not welcome, doing harm, external decisions at system level, visiting within limits, and changes in critical care nursing work. CONCLUSION Results of the study suggest that despite the vast amount of evidence supporting the benefits of visitation and the harms of restricted visitation and expert recommendations for returning safe visitation to hospitals, Magnet and Pathway to Excellence hospitals continue to enforce restricted visitation policies in intensive care units. Patients, families, and nursing and health care staff must partner to create pandemic-proof visitation policies.
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- Suzanne Marmo
- Suzanne Marmo is an assistant professor of social work at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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- Kerry A. Milner is a professor of nursing at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Lyu Y, Yu H, Gao F, He X, Crilly J. The lived experiences of health care professionals regarding visiting restrictions in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-perspective qualitative study. Nurs Open 2022; 10:3243-3252. [PMID: 36577708 PMCID: PMC9880717 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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AIMS To explore the lived experiences of emergency department (ED) healthcare professionals regarding visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN A qualitative phenomenology study. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were undertaken. Participants consisted of 10 physicians, 20 clinical nurses, and three managers, who were purposefully selected from two EDs in China between April and July 2021. Colaizzi's approach guided data analysis. RESULTS Four themes arose: (i) burden moral injury, (ii) higher workload to provide and support patient- and family-centered care, (iii) dissatisfied and unsafe healthcare service for patients and families, and (iv) tailoring strategies to provide family-centered care. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION This study explored the lived experiences of ED health care professionals regarding visiting restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Noted challenges included communicating with families and ethical decision making. Strategies that support ED clinician welfare, and communication with families are warranted if visiting policy restrictions are continued or re-introduced.
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- Yang Lyu
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Department of Emergency MedicineBeijing Chao‐Yang HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of NursingBeijing Chao‐Yang HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of Emergency MedicineBeijing Chao‐Yang HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of Emergency MedicineGold Coast HealthGold CoastQueenslandAustralia,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Menzies Health Institute QueenslandGriffith UniversityGold CoastQueenslandAustralia
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Impact of an Inclusive COVID-19 Visitation Policy on Patient Satisfaction and Visitor Safety. Am J Infect Control 2022:S0196-6553(22)00843-4. [PMID: 36470450 PMCID: PMC9719848 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic presented unique and unprecedented challenges due to limited knowledge regarding the virus's transmissibility. With guidance from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), healthcare systems instituted widespread visitor restrictions. Hospitalization is a stressful time for patients. Visitor support can help minimize this during and after discharge. METHODS A telephone interview was conducted among hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients discharged between March 1st - August 31st, 2021 to explore the patients and visitors' experiences and the impact of the visitor policy during their hospitalization. RESULTS A total of 238 patients were interviewed. For patients with visitors, 98% felt that the presence of visitors improved their overall wellbeing and satisfaction. Additionally, 86% reported that visitors were involved in helping with their care upon discharge. For patients with no visitors, 59% felt that having a visitor would have improved their hospital stay. Nearly 50% reported that the absence of visitors made it difficult for family members to remain updated and informed of their hospital care. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates that visitation for COVID-19 patients can be done safely and that there is a positive impact on patient wellbeing with increased visitor access. As we move towards COVID-19 endemicity, implementing evidence-based visitation policies that maximize patient wellbeing will be essential.
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Sweeney DA, Malhotra A. Supportive Care in Patients with Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2022; 36:777-789. [PMID: 36328636 PMCID: PMC9376305 DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2022.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Specific therapies for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have limited efficacy in the event a patient worsens clinically and requires admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Thus, providing quality supportive care is essential to the overall management of patients with critical COVID-19. Patients with respiratory failure not requiring intubation should be supported with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure, or high flow oxygenation. Use of these respiratory modalities may prevent patients from subsequently requiring intubation. Basic components of supportive care for the critically ill should be applied equally to patients with COVID-19 in the ICU.
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- Daniel A Sweeney
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-7381, USA.
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-7381, USA
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Martinez RH, Liu KD, Aldrich JM. Overview of the Medical Management of the Critically Ill Patient. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2022; 17:1805-1813. [PMID: 36400435 PMCID: PMC9718009 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.07130622] [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] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The medical management of the critically ill patient focuses predominantly on treatment of the underlying condition (e g, sepsis or respiratory failure). However, in the past decade, the importance of initiating early prophylactic treatment for complications arising from care in the intensive care unit setting has become increasingly apparent. As survival from critical illness has improved, there is an increased prevalence of postintensive care syndrome-defined as a decline in physical, cognitive, or psychologic function among survivors of critical illness. The Intensive Care Unit Liberation Bundle, a major initiative of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, is centered on facilitating the return to normal function as early as possible, with the intent of minimizing iatrogenic harm during necessary critical care. These concepts are universally applicable to patients seen by nephrologists in the intensive care unit and may have particular relevance for patients with kidney failure either on dialysis or after kidney transplant. In this article, we will briefly summarize some known organ-based consequences associated with critical illness, review the components of the ABCDEF bundle (the conceptual framework for Intensive Care Unit Liberation), highlight the role nephrologists can play in implementing and complying with the ABCDEF bundle, and briefly discuss areas for additional research.
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- Rebecca H. Martinez
- Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, California
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Dragoi L, Munshi L, Herridge M. Visitation policies in the ICU and the importance of family presence at the bedside. Intensive Care Med 2022; 48:1790-1792. [PMID: 35976409 PMCID: PMC9381998 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06848-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- Laura Dragoi
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Petrecca S, Goin A, Hornstein D, Stevanovic M, Donovan AA. The ICU Bridge Program: volunteers bridging medicine and people together. Crit Care 2022; 26:346. [PMID: 36348454 PMCID: PMC9643930 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04209-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The intensive care unit (ICU) is an emotionally taxing environment. Patients and family members are at an increased risk of long-term physical and psychological consequences of critical illness, known collectively as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). These environmental strains can lead to a high incidence of staff turnover and burnout. Aim The ICU Bridge Program (ICUBP) is a student-led organization that attempts to mitigate these stressors on patients, family, and staff, by assigning university volunteers to ICUs across Montreal.
Setting ICU. Participants ICU volunteers, staff, patients, and families. Program description The ICUBP volunteers support staff by orienting patients and families, while using effective communication strategies to provide comfort and promote a calm environment. The presence of volunteer visitors is helpful to patients who do not have the support of family members and/or friends. The program provides students with profound learning experiences by allowing them to shadow multidisciplinary teams, gaining a privileged and varied exposure to an acute medical environment, while developing their communications skills. Program evaluation The program reassesses its methods and impact via internal student-designed surveys distributed on a yearly basis to staff and volunteers. Discussion Research is warranted to assess the impact of the program on ICU patients, visitors, staff, and volunteers.
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Mohsen S, Moss SJ, Lucini F, Krewulak KD, Stelfox HT, Niven DJ, Sauro KM, Fiest KM. Impact of Family Presence on Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Crit Care Med 2022; 50:1628-1637. [PMID: 36044306 PMCID: PMC9555830 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of family presence on the prevalence and duration of delirium in adults admitted to an ICU. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Medical-surgical ICUs in Alberta, AB, Canada. PATIENTS A population of 25,537 unique patients admitted at least once to an Alberta ICU. METHODS We obtained electronic health records of consecutive adults (≥ 18 yr) admitted to one of 14 medical-surgical ICU in Alberta, Canada, from January 1, 2014, to December 30, 2018. Family presence was quantified using a validated algorithm and categorized as: 1) physical presence in ICU, 2) telephone call only, and 3) no presence (reference group). Delirium was measured using the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) and defined as an ICDSC greater than or equal to 4. Multivariable mixed-effects logistic and linear regression were used to evaluate the association between family presence and prevalence (binary) and duration (d) of delirium, respectively. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The association between family presence and delirium prevalence differed according to admission type and admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Among medical and emergency surgical patients irrespective of admission GCS, physical presence of family was not significantly associated with the prevalence of delirium. In elective surgical patients, physical presence of family was associated with decreased prevalence of delirium in patients with intact Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS = 15; adjusted odds ratio, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.39-0.97; p = 0.02). Physical presence of family (adjusted mean difference [AMD] -1.87 d; 95% CI, -2.01 to -1.81; p < 0.001) and telephone calls (AMD -1.41 d; 95% CI, -1.52 to -1.31; p < 0.001) were associated with decreased duration of delirium in all patients. CONCLUSIONS The effects of family presence on delirium are complex and dependent on type of visitation, reason for ICU admission, and brain function on ICU admission.
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- Samiha Mohsen
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Fiest KM, Krewulak KD, Jaworska N, Spence KL, Mizen SJ, Bagshaw SM, Burns KEA, Cook DJ, Fowler RA, Olafson K, Patten SB, Rewa OG, Rochwerg B, Spence S, West A, Stelfox HT, Parsons Leigh J. Impact of restricted visitation policies during COVID-19 on critically ill adults, their families, critical care clinicians, and decision-makers: a qualitative interview study. Can J Anaesth 2022; 69:1248-1259. [PMID: 35978160 PMCID: PMC9385091 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02301-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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PURPOSE During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, restricted visitation policies were enacted at acute care facilities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and conserve personal protective equipment. In this study, we aimed to describe the impact of restricted visitation policies on critically ill patients, families, critical care clinicians, and decision-makers; highlight the challenges faced in translating these policies into practice; and delineate strategies to mitigate their effects. METHOD A qualitative description design was used. We conducted semistructured interviews with critically ill adult patients and their family members, critical care clinicians, and decision-makers (i.e., policy makers or enforcers) affected by restricted visitation policies. We transcribed semistructured interviews verbatim and analyzed the transcripts using inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS Three patients, eight family members, 30 clinicians (13 physicians, 17 nurses from 23 Canadian intensive care units [ICUs]), and three decision-makers participated in interviews. Thematic analysis was used to identify five themes: 1) acceptance of restricted visitation (e.g., accepting with concerns); 2) impact of restricted visitation (e.g., ethical challenges, moral distress, patients dying alone, intensified workload); 3) trust in the healthcare system during the pandemic (e.g., mistrust of clinical team); 4) modes of communication (e.g., communication using virtual platforms); and 5) impact of policy implementation on clinical practice (e.g., frequent changes and inconsistent implementation). CONCLUSIONS Restricted visitation policies across ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected critically ill patients and their families, critical care clinicians, and decision-makers.
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- Kirsten M Fiest
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
- Department of Community Health Sciences & O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
- Department of Psychiatry & Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Health, School of Health Administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Unity Health Toronto-St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Alberta Health Services & University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences & O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Health, School of Health Administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Marmo S, Hirsch J. Visitors not Welcome: Hospital Visitation Restrictions and Institutional Betrayal. JOURNAL OF POLICY PRACTICE AND RESEARCH 2022. [PMCID: PMC9465650 DOI: 10.1007/s42972-022-00063-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Healthcare organizations’ continued restrictions on hospital visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic can be considered a violation of the rights of hospitalized patients to receive family visitors. Despite expert opinion related to the safety of visitation and low risk of visitor transmission with appropriate monitoring and precautions, hospital visitation restrictions have continued beyond the initial crisis phase of the pandemic, with little transparency or inclusion of key stakeholders in the decision-making process. Particularly on critical care units, blocking access to family visitors can contribute to additional harm and trauma for care-dependent hospitalized patients and their families. Utilizing an institutional betrayal framework, the aim of this commentary on hospital ICU visitation policy is to provide a discussion of how hospitals who serve a care-dependent population have placed critically ill patients, families, and healthcare workers at risk for complex trauma. Hospital social workers should incorporate an integrated social work approach to advocacy efforts which address not only individual hospitalized patient service needs, but also the uneven power differential that can contribute to inequity in visitation, medical mistrust, and long-term community trauma. On the interprofessional ICU team, social workers can function as trauma informed systems experts, coordinating and facilitating supports to help patients and families cope with hospitalization, while also advocating within their institution and with elected officials for policy change to protect patient and family–centered visitation rights.
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- Suzanne Marmo
- Department of Social Work, Sacred Heart University, 3135 Easton Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06825 USA
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- School of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA
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Wu Y, Wang G, Zhang Z, Fan L, Ma F, Yue W, Li B, Tian J. Efficacy and safety of unrestricted visiting policy for critically ill patients: a meta-analysis. Crit Care 2022; 26:267. [PMID: 36064613 PMCID: PMC9446669 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04129-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Aim To compare the safety and effects of unrestricted visiting policies (UVPs) and restricted visiting policies (RVPs) in intensive care units (ICUs) with respect to outcomes related to delirium, infection, and mortality. Methods MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL, CBMdisc, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP database records generated from their inception to 22 January 2022 were searched. Randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies were included. The main outcomes investigated were delirium, ICU-acquired infection, ICU mortality, and length of ICU stay. Two reviewers independently screened studies, extracted data, and assessed risks of bias. Random‑effects and fixed-effects meta‑analyses were conducted to obtain pooled estimates, due to heterogeneity. Meta-analyses were performed using RevMan 5.3 software. The results were analyzed using odds ratios (ORs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs), and standardized mean differences (SMDs). Results Eleven studies including a total of 3741 patients that compared UVPs and RVPs in ICUs were included in the analyses. Random effects modeling indicated that UVPs were associated with a reduced incidence of delirium (OR = 0.4, 95% CI 0.25–0.63, I2 = 71%, p = 0.0005). Fixed-effects modeling indicated that UVPs did not increase the incidences of ICU-acquired infections, including ventilator-associated pneumonia (OR = 0.96, 95% CI 0.71–1.30, I2 = 0%, p = 0.49), catheter-associated urinary tract infection (OR 0.97, 95% CI 0.52–1.80, I2 = 0%, p = 0.55), and catheter-related blood stream infection (OR = 1.15, 95% CI 0.72–1.84, I2 = 0%, p = 0.66), or ICU mortality (OR = 1.03, 95% CI 0.83–1.28, I2 = 49%, p = 0.12). Forest plotting indicated that UVPs could reduce the lengths of ICU stays (SMD = − 0.97, 95% CI − 1.61 to 0.32, p = 0.003). Conclusion The current meta-analysis indicates that adopting a UVP may significantly reduce the incidence of delirium in ICU patients, without increasing the risks of ICU-acquired infection or mortality. Further large-scale, multicenter studies are needed to confirm these indications. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-022-04129-3.
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Secunda KE, Kruser JM. Patient-Centered and Family-Centered Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Clin Chest Med 2022; 43:539-550. [PMID: 36116821 PMCID: PMC9885766 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.05.008] [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] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Patient-centered and family-centered care (PFCC) is widely recognized as integral to high-quality health-care delivery. The highly technical nature of critical care puts patients and families at risk of dehumanization and renders the delivery of PFCC in the intensive care unit (ICU) challenging. In this article, we discuss the history and terminology of PFCC, describe interventions to promote PFCC, highlight limitations to the current model, and offer future directions to optimize PFCC in the ICU.
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- Katharine E Secunda
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.
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Sanfilippo F, La Via L, Schembari G, Tornitore F, Zuccaro G, Morgana A, Valenti MR, Oliveri F, Pappalardo F, Astuto M, Cassisi C, Castro A, Cocimano S, Criscione F, Cutuli C, Dezio V, Fallico G, Leonardi M, Mascari M, Paratore A, Perna F, Pulvirenti M, Tringali E, Vasile F, Agnello MT, Sanfilippo G, Messina S, Merola F. Implementation of video-calls between patients admitted to intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic and their families: a pilot study of psychological effects. JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA, ANALGESIA AND CRITICAL CARE 2022. [PMCID: PMC9397160 DOI: 10.1186/s44158-022-00067-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused over 530 million infections to date (June 2022), with a high percentage of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. In this context, relatives have been restricted from visiting their loved ones admitted to hospital. This situation has led to an inevitable separation between patients and their families. Video communication could reduce the negative effects of such phenomenon, but the impact of this strategy on levels of anxiety, depression, and PTSD disorder in caregivers is not well-known. Methods We conducted a prospective study (6 October 2020–18 February 2022) at the Policlinico University Hospital in Catania, including caregivers of both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 ICU patients admitted during the second wave of the pandemic. Video-calls were implemented twice a week. Assessment of anxiety, depression, and PTSD was performed at 1-week distance (before the first, T1, and before the third, video-call, T2) using the following validated questionnaires: Impact of Event Scale (Revised IES-R), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results Twenty caregivers of 17 patients completed the study (T1 + T2). Eleven patients survived (n = 9/11 in the COVID-19 and n = 2/6 in the “non-COVID” group). The average results of the questionnaires completed by caregivers between T1 and T2 showed no significant difference in terms of CES-D (T1 = 19.6 ± 10, T2 = 22 ± 9.6; p = 0.17), HADS depression (T1 = 9.5 ± 1.6, T2 = 9 ± 3.9; p = 0.59), HADS anxiety (T1 = 8.7 ± 2.4, T2 = 8.4 ± 3.8; p = 0.67), and IES-R (T1 = 20.9 ± 10.8, T2 = 23.1 ± 12; p = 0.19). Similar nonsignificant results were observed in the two subgroups of caregivers (COVID-19 and “non-COVID”). However, at T1 and T2, caregivers of “non-COVID” patients had higher scores of CES-D (p = 0.01 and p = 0.04, respectively) and IES-R (p = 0.049 and p = 0.02, respectively), while HADS depression was higher only at T2 (p = 0.02). At T1, caregivers of non-survivors had higher scores of CES-D (27.6 ± 10.6 vs 15.3 ± 6.7, p = 0.005) and IES-R (27.7 ± 10.0 vs 17.2 ± 9.6, p = 0.03). We also found a significant increase in CES-D at T2 in ICU-survivors (p = 0.04). Conclusions Our preliminary results showed that a video-call implementation strategy between caregivers and patients admitted to the ICU is feasible. However, this strategy did not show an improvement in terms of the risk of depression, anxiety, and PTSD among caregivers. Our pilot study remains exploratory and limited to a small sample. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s44158-022-00067-2.
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Chen RY, Zhong CH, Chen W, Lin M, Feng CF, Chen CN. Risk factors for delirium after surgery for craniocerebral injury in the neurosurgical intensive care unit. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10:7341-7347. [PMID: 36158014 PMCID: PMC9353923 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i21.7341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Postoperative delirium is common in patients who undergo neurosurgery for craniocerebral injury. However, there is no specific medical test to predict postoperative delirium to date.
AIM To explore risk factors for postoperative delirium in patients with craniocerebral injury in the neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU).
METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed in 120 patients with craniocerebral injury admitted to Hainan People’s Hospital/Hainan Hospital Affiliated to Hainan Medical University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, and The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University between January 2018 and January 2020. The patients were categorized into groups based on whether delirium occurred. Of them, 25 patients with delirium were included in the delirium group, and 95 patients without delirium were included in the observation group. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association between sex, age, educational level, Glasgow coma scale (GCS), complications (with or without concussion, cerebral contusion, hypoxemia and ventricular compression) and site of injury and delirium.
RESULTS The GCS score above 8 and concomitant disease of cerebral concussion, cerebral contusion, hypoxemia and ventricular compression, and damage to the frontal lobe were associated with delirium in patients admitted to neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) (all P < 0.05). However, age, sex, administration more than three medicines, and educational level were not significantly associated with the onset of delirium in patients with craniocerebral injury in the neurosurgical ICU (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that GCS score above 8, cerebral concussion, cerebral contusion, hypoxemia, ventricle compression, and frontal lobe disorders were independent risk factors for delirium in patients with craniocerebral injury in the neurosurgical ICU (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION GCS score, concussive concussion, cerebral contusion, hypoxemia, ventricle compression, and damage to frontal lobe are risk factors of postoperative delirium.
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- Ri-Yu Chen
- Radiology Department Intervention Room, Hainan General Hospital (Hainan Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University), Haikou 570311, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Critical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570100, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Critical Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570100, Hainan Province, China
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- Second Ward, Department of Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, Hainan Province, China
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- Second Ward, Department of Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, Hainan Province, China
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- Second Ward, Department of Critical Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou 570311, Hainan Province, China
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Cupka JS, Hashemighouchani H, Lipori J, Ruppert MM, Bhaskar R, Ozrazgat-Baslanti T, Rashidi P, Bihorac A. The effect of non-pharmacologic strategies on prevention or management of intensive care unit delirium: a systematic review. F1000Res 2022; 9:1178. [PMID: 36110837 PMCID: PMC9449425 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.25769.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background: Post-operative delirium is a common complication among adult patients in the intensive care unit. Current literature does not support the use of pharmacologic measures to manage this condition, and several studies explore the potential for the use of non-pharmacologic methods such as early mobility plans or environmental modifications. The aim of this systematic review is to examine and report on recently available literature evaluating the relationship between non-pharmacologic management strategies and the reduction of delirium in the intensive care unit. Methods: Six major research databases were systematically searched for articles analyzing the efficacy of non-pharmacologic delirium interventions in the past five years. Search results were restricted to adult human patients aged 18 years or older in the intensive care unit setting, excluding terminally ill subjects and withdrawal-related delirium. Following title, abstract, and full text review, 27 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria and are included in this report. Results: The 27 reviewed articles consist of 12 interventions with a single-component investigational approach, and 15 with multi-component bundled protocols. Delirium incidence was the most commonly assessed outcome followed by duration. Family visitation was the most effective individual intervention while mobility interventions were the least effective. Two of the three family studies significantly reduced delirium incidence, while one in five mobility studies did the same. Multi-component bundle approaches were the most effective of all; of the reviewed studies, eight of 11 bundles significantly improved delirium incidence and seven of eight bundles decreased the duration of delirium. Conclusions: Multi-component, bundled interventions were more effective at managing intensive care unit delirium than those utilizing an approach with a single interventional element. Although better management of this condition suggests a decrease in resource burden and improvement in patient outcomes, comparative research should be performed to identify the importance of specific bundle elements.
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- Julie S Cupka
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
- Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA
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Stenkjaer RL, Herling SF, Egerod I, Weis J, van Dijk M, Kudchadkar SR, Ramelet AS, Ista E. Development of a non-pharmacologic delirium management bundle in paediatric intensive care units. Nurs Crit Care 2022; 27:867-876. [PMID: 35726841 PMCID: PMC10084175 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Non-pharmacologic interventions might be effective to reduce the incidence of delirium in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). AIM To explore expert opinions and generate informed consensus decisions regarding the content of a non-pharmacologic delirium bundle to manage delirium in PICU patients. STUDY DESIGN A two-round online Delphi study was conducted from February to April 2021. PICU experts (nurses, physicians, researchers, physical therapists, play specialists, and occupational therapists) located in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia participated. RESULTS We developed a questionnaire based on the outcomes of a comprehensive literature search in the domains: 1) cognition support; 2) sleep support; and 3) physical activity support. Under these domains, we listed 11 strategies to promote support with 61 interventions. Participants rated the feasibility of each intervention on a 9-point Likert scale (ranging from 1 strongly disagree to 9 strongly agree). A disagreement index and panel median were calculated to determine the level of agreement among experts. In the second round, participants reassessed the revised statements and ranked the interventions in each domain in order of importance for age groups: 0-2, 3-5, and 6-18 years of age. During the first Delphi round, 53 of 74 (72%) questionnaires were completed, and in the second round 45 of 74 (61%) were completed. Five of the highest ranked interventions across the age groups were: 1) developing a daily routine, 2) adjusting light exposure according to the time of day, 3) scheduling time for sleep, 4) providing eyeglasses and hearing aids if appropriate, 5) encouraging parental presence. CONCLUSIONS Based on expert consensus, we developed an age-specific non-pharmacologic delirium bundle of interventions to manage delirium in PICU patients. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE An age-specific Non-Pharmacological Delirium bundle is now ready to be tested in the PICU and will hopefully reduce pediatric delirium.
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- Rikke Louise Stenkjaer
- Department of Neonatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neonatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Intensive care, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Associate Vice Chair for Research, ACCM, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Charlotte Bloomberg Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare (IUFRS), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Carboni Bisso I, Ávila Poletti D, Huespe I, Villalba D, Olmos D, Las Heras M, Carini F. Adherencia al paquete de medidas ABCDEF durante la pandemia de COVID-19. ACTA COLOMBIANA DE CUIDADO INTENSIVO 2022. [PMCID: PMC8685181 DOI: 10.1016/j.acci.2021.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Introducción El objetivo de este estudio fue describir el conocimiento y el uso reportado del paquete de medidas ABCDEF en las unidades de cuidados intensivos (UCI) de adultos de la República Argentina durante la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2. Métodos Se realizó un estudio cualitativo a través de una encuesta nacional dirigida a profesionales de la salud. Resultados Se recibieron 396 cuestionarios completos de profesionales de 21 provincias argentinas y la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. El 66% de los participantes contestaron que conocen el paquete y lo aplican con diferentes grados de implementación. El 42,9% informó que usa al menos una herramienta validada para evaluar el dolor. Más de la mitad de los encuestados afirman realizar vacaciones de sedación y pruebas de ventilación espontánea diariamente. Las escalas de sedación fueron utilizadas por el 66,6% de los participantes en forma rutinaria. El 62% utiliza herramientas validadas para la detección de delirium. Respecto de la movilización temprana y ejercicio de los pacientes, el 91,8% de los profesionales entrevistados comunicaron que realizan rehabilitación neuromuscular en su UCI. Finalmente, solamente el 6,8% informó que su unidad estaba abierta las 24 horas para las visitas familiares. Las principales barreras a la aplicación del paquete de medidas fueron los recursos humanos y hospitalarios limitados, la resistencia al cambio, la falta de información y el aislamiento por COVID-19. Conclusión El 66% de los participantes contestó que conoce el paquete y lo aplica con diferentes grados de implementación.
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Davoudi A, Shickel B, Tighe PJ, Bihorac A, Rashidi P. Potentials and Challenges of Pervasive Sensing in the Intensive Care Unit. Front Digit Health 2022; 4:773387. [PMID: 35656333 PMCID: PMC9152012 DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.773387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Patients in critical care settings often require continuous and multifaceted monitoring. However, current clinical monitoring practices fail to capture important functional and behavioral indices such as mobility or agitation. Recent advances in non-invasive sensing technology, high throughput computing, and deep learning techniques are expected to transform the existing patient monitoring paradigm by enabling and streamlining granular and continuous monitoring of these crucial critical care measures. In this review, we highlight current approaches to pervasive sensing in critical care and identify limitations, future challenges, and opportunities in this emerging field.
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- Anis Davoudi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States,*Correspondence: Anis Davoudi
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Tan SC, Cross A. Virtual visiting in the intensive care unit: implementation, utilisation and provider acceptance in an Australian metropolitan health service. AUST HEALTH REV 2022; 46:284-288. [PMID: 35546423 DOI: 10.1071/ah22032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We describe the design and implementation of an intensive care unit (ICU) virtual visiting program in a metropolitan ICU in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to examine patterns of use, and describe clinician acceptance of this technology.This was a mixed-methods study, comprising a retrospective analysis of virtual visits from 18 August to 30 September 2020. Patterns of utilisation included duration and time of visits, as well as bandwidth used. A post-implementation survey on a Virtual Visiting program based on the technology acceptance model was sent to clinicians; results were reported on separate scales for usefulness and usability. Publicly available telecommunication solutions were unsuitable for virtual visiting, whereas dedicated telehealth solutions needed modification to improve accessibility by patients and families. During the study period, 69 virtual visits were made with a median length of 10 min (range 1-80 min). A total of 72.5% of calls were made during office hours (09:00-17:00 h), with the latest occurring at approximately 21:30 h. Virtual visits required a mean bandwidth of 1224 kbps (download) and 940 kbps (upload), and consumed 0.7 GB (range 0.0-7.0 GB) and 0.5 GB (range 0.0-6.7 GB) of download and upload data. Clinicians reported a mean score of 2 (range 1-4) for perceived usefulness and 3 (range 1-6) for the perceived ease of use.Virtual visiting is a feasible alternative in the ICU, with good acceptance by clinicians. Challenges include safety and usability of videoconferencing platforms, as well as bandwidth requirements. Future health service design should consider support for dedicated virtual visiting solutions, as well as ensuring adequate bandwidth capabilities for this service. Further studies are needed to assess patient and family acceptability of this technology.
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- Sing Chee Tan
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Northern Health, 185 Cooper Street, Epping, Vic. 3076, Australia; and Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3000, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Northern Health, 185 Cooper Street, Epping, Vic. 3076, Australia; and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3000, Australia
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Razban F, Arab M, Radfar A, Karzari Z, Hosseini SMA. Recall of Intensive Care Unit Stay in Critical Illness Survivors in Southeast Iran. AACN Adv Crit Care 2022; 33:23-30. [PMID: 35259222 DOI: 10.4037/aacnacc2022823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND In survivors of critical illness, recall of an intensive care unit stay plays an important role in the development of post-intensive care unit syndrome, which includes psychological impairment after intensive care unit discharge. OBJECTIVE To investigate memories of the intensive care unit among survivors in southeast Iran. METHODS In this descriptive study, the intensive care unit memory tool was used to assess patients' memories of intensive care units. RESULTS All participants (N = 100) had 1 or more factual memories (89%), memories of feelings (66%), or delusional memories (34%) from the intensive care unit. Patients who received mechanical ventilation were 4 times as likely to have delusional memories as those who did not receive mechanical ventilation. Unmarried patients were 4.8 times as likely as married patients to have memories of feelings from the intensive care unit. CONCLUSIONS Steps should be taken to minimize distressing memories of an intensive care unit admission. Follow-up programs should take into account the psychological problems faced by intensive care unit survivors.
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- Farideh Razban
- Farideh Razban is Assistant Professor, Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Mansoor Arab is Lecturer, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran
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- Ali Radfar is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran
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- Zahra Karzari is Lecturer, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran
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- Seyed Mohsen Askari Hosseini is Nurse, Department of Critical Care Nursing, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Medical University Campus, Haft-Bagh Highway, Kerman, Iran, 7616913555
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Shinohara F, Unoki T, Horikawa M. Relationship between no-visitation policy and the development of delirium in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0265082. [PMID: 35263384 PMCID: PMC8906646 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Due to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic, many hospitals imposed a no-visitation policy for visiting patients in hospitals to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among visitors and patients. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between the no-visitation policy and delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Methods This was a single-center, before-after comparative study. Patients were admitted to a mixed medical-surgical ICU from September 6, 2019 to October 18, 2020. Because no-visitation policy was implemented on February 26, 2020, we compared patients admitted after this date (after phase) with the patients admitted before the no-visitation policy (before phase) was implemented. The primary outcome was the incidence of delirium during the ICU stay. Cox regression was used for the primary analysis and was calculated using hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Covariates were age, sex, APACHE II, dementia, emergency surgery, benzodiazepine, and mechanical ventilation use. Results Of the total 200 patients consecutively recruited, 100 were exposed to a no-visitation policy. The number of patients who developed delirium during ICU stay during the before phase and the after phase were 59 (59%) and 64 (64%), respectively (P = 0.127). The adjusted HR of no-visitation policy for the number of days until the first development of delirium during the ICU stay was 0.895 (0.613–1.306). Conclusion The no-visitation policy was not associated with the development of delirium in ICU patients.
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- Fumihide Shinohara
- Department of Acute and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing, Sapporo City University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Intensive Care Unit, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Acute and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing, Sapporo City University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Kim B, Cho J, Park JY, Kim HE, Oh J. Delirium and Anxiety Outcomes Related to Visiting Policy Changes in the Intensive Care Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:845105. [PMID: 35309896 PMCID: PMC8926309 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.845105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objective To evaluate the effect of intensive care unit (ICU) visit on the incidence of delirium, delirium subtype, and anxiety level in ICU patients. Methods Trained psychiatrists and nurses evaluated ICU patients for delirium, delirium subtypes, and anxiety. Propensity score matching (PSM) was used to retrospectively analyze the data. Then, we compared the differences in the incidence of delirium, delirium subtypes, and anxiety level before and after the ICU visit ban. Logistic regression was conducted to identify the risk factors for delirium subtypes and high anxiety levels. Results After PSM, there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of delirium between the non-visiting and restrictive visiting groups (non-visiting 27.4% versus restrictive visiting 30.9%, p = 0.162). The proportion of hyperactive and mixed subtypes was higher in the non-visiting than in the restrictive visiting group (non-visiting 35.3 and 30.1% versus restrictive visiting 27.7 and 20.1%, p = 0.002). The anxiety level was higher in the non-visiting than in the restrictive visiting group (state-trait anxiety inventory score: non-visiting 53.46 ± 4.58 versus restrictive visiting 52.22 ± 6.50, p = 0.009). Patients who stayed in the ICU during the visit ban were more likely to have hyperactive (p = 0.005) and mixed subtype (p = 0.001) than those who did not. Moreover, patients who stayed in the ICU during the visit ban were more likely to experience high anxiety levels than those who did not (p < 0.001). Conclusion Prohibition of ICU visits during COVID-19 pandemic did not affect the incidence of delirium during COVID-19 but could change the delirium subtype and raise anxiety level. Moreover, visiting prohibition was a risk factor for non-hypoactive delirium subtype and high anxiety levels. Therefore, ICU visits are important in dealing with delirium subtypes and anxiety in ICU patients.
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- Bomi Kim
- Institute of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Psychiatry, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin, South Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institute of Behavioral Sciences in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Psychiatry, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Jooyoung Oh,
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Kapadia FN, Pattanaik S. Visitors in the Intensive Care Unit in the COVID Era. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26:251-252. [PMID: 35519916 PMCID: PMC9015914 DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kapadia FN, Pattanaik S. Visitors in the Intensive Care Unit in the COVID Era. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(3):251–252.
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- Farhad Nahni Kapadia
- Department of Medicine and Intensive Care, Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India
- Farhad Nahni Kapadia, Department of Medicine and Intensive Care, Hinduja Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India, e-mail:
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Kirfel A, Guttenthaler V, Mayr A, Coburn M, Menzenbach J, Wittmann M. Postoperative delirium is an independent factor influencing the length of stay of elderly patients in the intensive care unit and in hospital. J Anesth 2022; 36:341-348. [PMID: 35182209 PMCID: PMC9156481 DOI: 10.1007/s00540-022-03049-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Purpose Postoperative delirium (POD) is an often unrecognized adverse event in older people after surgery. The aim of this subgroup analysis of the PRe-Operative Prediction of postoperative DElirium by appropriate SCreening (PROPDESC) trial in patients aged 70 years and older was to identify preoperative risk factors and the impact of POD on length of stay (LOS) in intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital. Methods Of the total 1097 patients recruited at a German university hospital (from September 2018 to October 2019) in the PROPDESC prospective observational study, 588 patients aged 70 years and older (mean age 77.2 ± 4.7 years) were included for subgroup analysis. The primary endpoint POD was considered positive if one of the following tests were positive on any of the five postoperative visit days: Confusion Assessment Method for ICU (CAM-ICU), Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), 4'A's (4AT) and Delirium Observation Scale (DOS). Trained doctoral students carried out these visitations and additionally the nursing staff were interviewed for completion of the DOS. To evaluate the independent effect of POD on LOS in ICU and in hospital, a multi-variable linear regression analysis was performed. Results The POD incidence was 25.9%. The results of our model showed POD as an independent predictor for a prolonged LOS in ICU (36%; 95% CI 4–78%; < 0.001) and in hospital (22%; 95% CI 4–43%; < 0.001). Conclusion POD has an independent impact on LOS in ICU and in hospital. Based on the effect of POD for the elderly, a standardized risk screening is required. Trail registration German Registry for Clinical Studies: DRKS00015715.
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- Andrea Kirfel
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany
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Wang J, Qin J, Tung TH, Chen J, Zheng N, Lu L, Jin Y. Impact of the “WeChat Cloud Service” Option for Patients in an Emergent Intensive Care Unit During an Epidemic in Tai Zhou China. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 8:833942. [PMID: 35186983 PMCID: PMC8850713 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.833942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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To explore the application and effect of “WeChat cloud service” in the emergency intensive care unit (EICU) in the context of an epidemic, we examined 774 patients admitted to an EICU between February 2020 and June 2021. Patients admitted from February 2020 to December 2020 were selected as the control group (n = 503) and those from January 2021 to June 2021 comprised the observation group (n = 271). There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age, disease, and length of stay in the EICU between the groups. The control group received the general (routine) daily service, such as communicating with families through in-person information transmission, and receiving self-provided drugs and daily supplies during the specified visiting time; the observation group received the “WeChat cloud service” providing the chance of communication, supplies, and payment through the platform at any time. We used a T-test and χ2-test to analyse the incidence of delirium, labour costs, and patient and family satisfaction throughout ICU treatment for comparison. Results indicated that the observation group had lower labour costs, less incidence of delirium, and greater patient and family satisfaction than the control group. The “WeChat cloud service” was beneficial for preventing and controlling coronavirus disease 2019 during the epidemic and providing an improved patient experience.
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- Jie Wang
- Emergency Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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- Emergency Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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- Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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- Emergency Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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- Emergency Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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- Emergency Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
- *Correspondence: Lili Lu
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- Emergency Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, China
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Greenberg JA, Basapur S, Quinn TV, Bulger JL, Schwartz NH, Oh SK, Shah RC, Glover CM. Challenges faced by families of critically ill patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2022; 105:297-303. [PMID: 34507866 PMCID: PMC8393512 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To understand how surrogates of critically ill patients adjusted to challenges that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Participants (N = 62) were surrogates of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in the ICU at an urban, academic medical center from March to June 2020. Participants were recruited using convenience sampling and took part in one-time qualitative individual interviews via telephone. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. RESULTS Qualitative analyses yielded four types of challenges: Communication with the medical team, communication among family members, understanding and tracking medical information, and distress related to visitor restrictions. To adjust to challenges related to communication, participants developed routines for receiving updates from the medical team and providing updates to other family members. To adjust to the challenge related to comprehension, participants sought information from external sources such as family members in healthcare fields. To adjust to the challenge related to visitation, participants found some comfort in video calls with the patient. CONCLUSIONS Surrogates of critically ill patients with COVID-19 faced multiple types of challenges yet adjusted to those challenges. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Future research should focus on ways to support the wellbeing of surrogates during times of restricted hospital visitation. Clinical trial registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03969810).
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- Jared A Greenberg
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 010, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Office of Design, Academic Support Services, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 010, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Family Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA
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Jensen HI, Åkerman E, Lind R, Alfheim HB, Frivold G, Fridh I, Ågård AS. Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the intensive care unit: A Scandinavian cross-sectional study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2022; 68:103116. [PMID: 34391628 PMCID: PMC8310723 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To examine conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related visiting restrictions in Scandinavian intensive care units. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. SETTING Adult intensive care units in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Likert scale responses and free-text comments within six areas: capacity and staffing, visiting policies and access to the unit, information and conferences with relatives, written information, children as relatives and follow-up initiatives. RESULTS The overall response rate was 53% (74/140 participating units). All intensive care units had planned for capacity extensions; the majority ranging between 11 and 30 extra beds. From March-June 2020, units had a mean maximum of 9.4 COVID-19 patients simultaneously. Allowing restricted visiting was more common in Denmark (52%) and Norway (61%) than in Sweden where visiting was mostly denied except for dying patients (68%), due to a particular increased number of COVID-19 patients. The restrictions forced nurses to compromise on their usual standards of family care. Numerous models for maintaining contact between relatives and patients were described. CONCLUSION Visitation restrictions compromised the quality of family care and entailed dilemmas for healthcare professionals but also spurred initiatives to developing new ways of providing family care.
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- Hanne Irene Jensen
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kolding Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Vejle Hospital, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Vejle, Denmark; Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
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- Department of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Health and Nursing Science, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Surgery, and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare, University of Borås, Sweden
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Science in Nursing, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Bersaneti MDR, Whitaker IY. Association between nonpharmacological strategies and delirium in intensive care unit. Nurs Crit Care 2022; 27:859-866. [PMID: 35052018 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Several nonpharmacological strategies for the prevention and treatment of delirium have been increasingly used because the aetiology of delirium is multifactorial. AIMS To verify the association between nonpharmacological strategies (presence of companion, mobilization, absence of physical restraint and natural light) and the occurrence of delirium, and to identify risk factors for delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. STUDY DESIGN The study was conducted in a Brazilian medical and surgical ICU. The sample included patients older than 18 years with length of ICU stay greater than 24 h and without delirium on admission. Delirium was identified by applying the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). The association between the variables and delirium was analysed using Mann-Whitney and chi-square tests, and multivariate logistic regression to identify the predictive factors. RESULTS Of the 356 patients, 64 (18%) had delirium. The presence of a companion, mobilization, and physical restraint were associated with delirium, and the first two were identified as protective factors. That is, the odds of delirium decreased by 88% when a companion was present and by 95% when the patient was mobilized. The risk factors of delirium were length of ICU stay and age. CONCLUSIONS The presence of a companion and patient mobilization were identified as protective factors against delirium, highlighting their importance as preventive actions, especially in patients with a higher risk of developing this disorder. The findings regarding physical restraint can also be considered evidence indicating the need for careful use of this measure in clinical practice until evidence of its relationship with delirium is confirmed. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE The implementation of strategies such as early mobilization, presence of a companion and careful assessment for the use of physical restraint by the multidisciplinary team can help control the occurrence of delirium in the ICU.
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Faustino TN, Suzart NA, Rabelo RNDS, Santos JL, Batista GS, Freitas YSD, Saback DA, Sales NMMD, Brandao Barreto B, Gusmao-Flores D. Effectiveness of combined non-pharmacological interventions in the prevention of delirium in critically ill patients: A randomized clinical trial. J Crit Care 2022; 68:114-120. [PMID: 34999377 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Delirium is a common dysfunction in the intensive care unit (ICU) and it is associated with negative short- and long-term outcomes. This study evaluated the effectiveness of combined non-pharmacological interventions in preventing delirium in critically ill patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a single-center randomized controlled trial conducted in three Brazilian ICUs from February to September 2019. Patients assigned to the control group received standard care (n = 72) and those assigned to the experimental group (n = 72) received a bundle of non-pharmacological interventions (periodic reorientation, cognitive stimulation, correction of sensory deficits [visual or hearing impairment], environmental management and sleep promotion) throughout the ICU stay. Delirium was monitored twice a day with the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit Flowsheet. The primary outcome was the incidence density of delirium. RESULTS The incidence density of delirium was lower in the intervention group (1.3 × 10-2 person-days) than in the control group (2.3 × 10-2 person-days), with a hazard ratio of 0.40 (95% confidence intervals, 0.17-0.95; p = 0.04) after adjustment for Simplified Acute Physiology Score III, surgical admission and alcoholism. CONCLUSIONS Combined non-pharmacological interventions reduced delirium in critically ill patients, compared to standard care. TRIAL REGISTRATION Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (ReBEC), Identifier RBR-6xq95s, October 03, 2018.
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- Tássia Nery Faustino
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Collegiate of Nursing, Department of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Collegiate of Nursing, Department of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Collegiate of Nursing, Department of Life Sciences, State University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Intensive Care Unit, Hospital da Mulher, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Intensive Care Unit, Hospital da Mulher, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Vela-Cano F, Ruiz-Sánchez D, Granado-Solano J, García-Sanz A, Ortega-Botías M, Marín-Corral J. In response to "Intensive care nurse perspectives on open visiting in an ICU". ENFERMERIA INTENSIVA 2022; 33:51-52. [PMID: 35131210 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfie.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- F Vela-Cano
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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Stenman L, Högberg L, Engström Å. Critical Care Nurses' Experiences Caring for Patients When Relatives Were not Allowed in the ICUs due to COVID-19 Pandemic. SAGE Open Nurs 2022; 8:23779608221103627. [PMID: 35669888 PMCID: PMC9163743 DOI: 10.1177/23779608221103627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Introduction Health care workers faced new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic when physical contact with relatives more or less disappeared. Objectives The aim of this study is to describe the experiences of critical care nurses (CCNs) working in intensive care units (ICUs) under the visiting restrictions imposed as a result of COVID-19. Method This study followed a qualitative design. The purposive sample included CCNs with at least 1 year of experience working in an ICU with a visiting policy affected by the pandemic. Data collection was carried out via semi-structured interviews and analyzed through a qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach. Results The study results are presented in three categories with 10 subcategories. CCNs value the presence of patients’ relatives at the bedside and described many challenges when relatives could not be present with the patient during the pandemic. Conclusion Close relatives are able to share essential information about the patients and provide much-needed emotional support to them, the relatives’ role is of central importance and CCNs value their presence in ICUs more than any positive consequences of them not being there.
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- Lina Stenman
- Critical Care Nurse, Skellefteå Hospital, Skellefteå, Sweden
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- Critical Care Nurse, Lycksele Hospital, ICU, Lycksele, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Division of Nursing and Medical Technology, Lulea University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Miller L, Richard M, Krmpotic K, Kennedy A, Seabrook J, Slumkoski C, Walls M, Foster J. Parental presence at the bedside of critically ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit: A scoping review. Eur J Pediatr 2022; 181:823-831. [PMID: 34626225 PMCID: PMC8501356 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-021-04279-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Parental presence at the bedside (PPB) of critically ill children in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is necessary for operationalizing family-centred care. Previous evidence syntheses emphasize parent-healthcare provider interactions at rounds and resuscitation; our focus is the parent-child dyad. Prior to embarking on further study, we performed a scoping review to determine the breadth and scope of the literature addressing PPB of critically ill children in the PICU. We searched five online databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and PSYCHINFO) and the grey literature to identify English and French reports from January 1960 to June 2020 addressing physical parental presence with children (birth to 18 years) in intensive care units, without limitation by methodology. Screening, reference selection, and data extraction were performed by two independent reviewers. Data were extracted into a researcher-designed tool. We identified 204 publications (81 quantitative, 68 qualitative, 22 mixed methods, and 9 descriptive case or practice change studies, and a further 24 non-study reports). PPB was directly assessed in 78 (38%) reports, and was the primary objective in 64 (31%). Amount or quality of presence was addressed by 114 reports, barriers and enablers by 152 sources, and impacts and outcomes by 134 sources. While only 6 reports were published in the first two decades of our search (1960-1980), 17 reports were published in 2019 alone. Conclusions: A relatively large body of literature exists addressing PPB of critically ill children. Separate systematic evidence syntheses to assess each element of PPB are warranted. Scoping review protocol registration: Open science framework, protocol nx6v3, registered 9-September-2019. What is Known: • Parental presence at the bedside of critically ill children must be enabled to facilitate family centeredness in care. • Systematic evidence syntheses have focused on parental presence at rounds or resuscitation, rather than with the child throughout the intensive care journey. What is New: • Many reports (n=204) address parental presence at the bedside in the pediatric intensive care unit, though most do as incidental findings • Identifies studies addressing key elements of parental presence in the PICU including barriers and enablers to, amount and quality of, and impact and outcomes of parental presence, and demonstrates trends over time and geography.
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- Lauren Miller
- Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, IWK Health, Halifax, NS Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, IWK Health, Halifax, NS Canada
- Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Canada
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- School of Education, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS Canada
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Brescia University College at Western University, London, ON Canada
- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON Canada
- Children’s Health Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care Parent Partner, IWK Health, Halifax, NS Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care Parent Partner, IWK Health, Halifax, NS Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, IWK Health, Halifax, NS Canada
- Department of Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Canada
- Children’s Health Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON Canada
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Pabón-Martínez BA, Rodríguez-Pulido LI, Henao-Castaño AM. The family in preventing delirium in the intensive care unit: Scoping review. ENFERMERIA INTENSIVA 2022; 33:33-43. [PMID: 35144905 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfie.2021.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Delirium is cognitive impairment related to negative inpatient outcomes in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), family interventions have been shown to be effective in reducing the incidence of this condition. OBJECTIVE To identify strategies that include the family in the prevention of delirium in the adult intensive care unit that can be integrated into ABCDEF. INCLUSION CRITERIA Studies describing actions and interventions involving caregivers and family members in the ICU for the prevention of delirium, conducted in the last five years, available in full text, in English and Spanish, Portuguese and in adults. METHODS A scope review was conducted using the keywords "Critical Care, Delirium, Family, Primary Prevention" in 11 databases (PubMed, Virtual Health Library, Cochrane Library, TRIP Data base, EBSCO, Ovid Nursing, Springer, Scopus, Dialnet, Scielo, Lilacs) and other sources (Open Gray, Google Scholar), between August - October 2019; 8 studies were considered relevant and were analysed. RESULTS The results were described in 3 categories: flexibility vs. restriction of visits in the ICU, Reorientation as a prevention strategy and post-ICU syndrome in the family. CONCLUSION Extended visits, development of family-mediated activities, and redirection are non-pharmacological strategies that reduce the incidence of delirium in the ICU and offer multiple benefits to the patient and family/caregiver.
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- B A Pabón-Martínez
- Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
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- Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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Family intervention for delirium for patients in the intensive care unit: A systematic meta-analysis. J Clin Neurosci 2021; 96:114-119. [PMID: 34838428 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Delirium is one of the common manifestations of acute brain dysfunction in critically ill patients. We aimed to evaluate the effect of family intervention on reducing the delirium incidence in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU). We searched electronic databases for randomized clinical trials, cohort, and before-and-after studies up to September 2021 using the MeSH terms ("family" OR "family caregiver") AND ("delirium"). A total of 6 studies including 4199 patients were analyzed. Compared to the control group, the risk of delirium was 24% lower in the family intervention group (OR 0·76 [0·67-0·86], P = 0.20, I2 = 31%). Pooled data from two trials showed that family intervention was associated with fewer delirium days (SMD: -1.13, 95% CI: -1.91 to -0.34; P = 0.08; I2 = 67%;). However, there were no significant differences between the two groups in the length of ICU stay, mechanical ventilation duration, and mortality (ICU stay days: MD: -0.62 days; 95% CI: -1.49 to 0.24; P = 0.14; I2 = 72%; mechanical ventilation days: MD: -0.48 days; 95% CI: -2.10 to 1.13; P = 0.56; I2 = 0%; mortality: OR: 0.68, 95% CI: 0.22 to 2.09; P = 0.08; I2 = 67%). Current evidence supports the use of family intervention in reducing the delirium risk and delirium days in hospitalized ICU patients. However, its effects on reducing ICU stay length, ventilation duration, and mortality require further study. Future research should consider identifying the specific family intervention strategies and their duration.
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