A study on the needs and coping patterns among families of emergency and elective ICU patients

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  • ＩＣＵへ入室する救急・緊急入室患者と予定入室患者の家族のニードとコーピング

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The purpose of this study was to explore the needs and coping patterns among families of ICU patients differing between emergency and elective admission. A qualitative inductive study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 12 families of patients under emergency admission and 11 families of patients under elective admission. Needs among families of patients under emergency admission were “alleviation of family anxiety” and “the best available treatment”. Coping patterns among families of patients under emergency admission were “praying for the patient's recovery, ” “participating in nursing care”, and “being frozen”. The coping pattern found only among families of patients under elective admission was “being confused”. These results suggested the followings: (1) nurses need to provide easy-to-understand information, relieve family anxiety, and show empathy for families of patients under emergency admission, and (2) nurses need to provide easy-to-understand information on treatment including progress of the surgery and show sufficient consideration to the family for those of patients under elective admission.

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