Tag: Communication

Flexible vs Restrictive Visiting in the ICU

22 November 2024 Roland Amoah Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

Long-term effects of flexible visitation in the intensive care unit on family members’ mental health: 12-month results from a randomized clinical trial JMB de Souza et al. Intensive Care Med (2024); 50:1614–1621. DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07577-3 Clinical Question In family members of intensive care patients, does a flexible visiting policy, compared to a restrictive one, improve the prevalence of depression, anxiety and […]

COSMIC-EOL

5 March 2022 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

In relatives of patients dying in the ICU, does a 3 step support strategy compared with standard care reduce prolonged grief disorder?

PARTNER

17 August 2018 Celia Bradford Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

For surrogate decision makers of critically ill patients, does a multi-component family support intervention impact on the surrogates’ hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) at 6 months?

Philpot

2 September 2016 Celia Bradford Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Do observers of simulated family conversations discussing organ donation respond more favourably to the discussion if it contains extra information about the benefits of donation compared to a standard conversation?