Family Satisfaction in the Adult Intensive Care Unit
Cristóbal Padilla Fortunatti, Joseph P. De Santis, Cindy L. Munro
Abstract
Admission of patients to an intensive care unit is often a stressful event for family members. In the context of patient- and family-centered care, family satisfaction is recognized as a quality indicator of intensive care unit care. However, family satisfaction has not been consistently used or conceptualized in the literature. A modified version of Walker and Avant's method for concept analysis was utilized to examine the concept of family satisfaction in the adult intensive care unit. Antecedents, attributes, consequences, and empirical referents of family satisfaction are presented and implications for practice, research, and policy.
Topics & Concepts
Intensive care unitContext (archaeology)PsychologyPatient satisfactionNursingUnit (ring theory)Quality (philosophy)Intensive careEmpirical researchFamily memberMedicineFamily medicinePsychiatryIntensive care medicineEpistemologyMathematics educationPaleontologyBiologyPhilosophyFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health