Reducing family members' anxiety and uncertainty in illness around transfer from intensive care: An intervention study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 223-231

  Mitchell, Marion L ^a   Courtney, Mary ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Admission; Anxiety; Education; Family; Family relationship; Intensive care; Social support; Transfer; Uncertainty in illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WARD; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT TRANSFER; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 4944230880     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Andersson-Segesten K. Patients' experience of uncertainty in illness in two intensive coronary care units. Scand J Caring Sci 1991;5(1):43-7.
2. Beanland C, Schneider Z, LoBiondo-Wood G, Haber J. Nursing research methods. Critical appraisal and utilisation. Sydney: Mosby; 1999.
3. Benner P, Hooper-Kyriakidis P, Stannard D. Clinical wisdom and interventions in critical care: thinking-in-action approach. Philadelphia:W. B. Saunders Company; 1999.
4. Bokinskie JC. Family conferences: a method to diminish transfer anxiety. J Neurosci Nurs 1992;2(3):129-33.
5. Bouvé LR, Rozmus CL, Giordano P. Preparing parents for their child's transfer from the PICU to the pediatric floor. Appl Nurs Res 1999;12(3):114-20.
6. Braden CJ. A test of the self-help model: learned response to chronic illness experience. Nurs Res 1990;39(1):42-7.
7. Broome M. Working with the family of a critically ill child. Heart Lung 1985;14(4):368-72.
8. Chaboyer W, Foster M, Kendall E, James H. ICU nurses' perceptions of discharge planning: a preliminary study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2002;18(2):90-5.
9. Chartier L, Coutu-Wakulczyk G. Families in ICU: their needs and anxiety level. Intensive Care Nurs 1989;5:11-8.
10. Chavez CW, Faber L. Effect of an education-orientation program on family members who visit their significant other in the intensive care unit. Heart Lung 1987;16(1):92-9.
11. Chen Y. Psychological and social support systems in intensive and critical care. Intensive Care Nurs 1990;6:59-66.
12. Cooper GS, Sirio CA, Rotondi AJ, Shepardson LB, Rosenthal GE. Are readmissions to the intensive care unit a useful measure of hospital performance? Med Care 1999;37(4):399-408.
13. Coulter MA. The needs of family members of patients in intensive care units. Intensive Care Nurs 1989;5:4-10.
14. Deane KA, Degner LF. Information needs, uncertainty, and anxiety in women who had a breast biopsy with benign outcome. Cancer Nurs 1998;21(2):117-26.
15. Friedemann M. The concept of family nursing. In Wegner GD, Alexander RJ, editors. Readings in family nursing. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Company; 1993. p. 13-23.
16. Halm M, Titler MG, Kleiber C, Johnson S, Montgomery L, Craft M, et al. Behavioural responses of family members during critical illness. Clin Nurs Res 1993;2(4):414-37.
17. Keogh S. Parents' experiences of the transfer of their child from the PICU to the ward: a phenomenological study. Nurs Crit Care 2001;6(1):7-13.
18. Knaus WA, Wagner DP, Draper EA, Zimmerman JE, Bergner M, Bastos PG, et al. The APACHE III prognostic system: risk prediction of hospital mortality for critically ill hospitalized adults. Chest 1991;100(6):1619-39.
19. Leith BA. Patients' and family members' perceptions of transfer from intensive care. Heart Lung 1999;28(3):210-8.
20. Leske JS. Overview of family needs after critical illness: from assessment to intervention. AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs 1991;2(2):220-6.
21. Leske JS. Needs of adult family members after critical illness: prescriptions for interventions. Crit Care Nurs Clinics N Am 1992;4(4):587-96.
22. Lynn-McHale DJ, Corsetti A, Brady-Avis E, Shaffer R, McGrory J, Rothenberger C. Pre-operative ICU tours: are they helpful? Am J Crit Care 1997;6(2):106-15.
23. Lynn-McHale DJ, Smith A. Comprehensive assessment of families of the critically ill. In Wegner GD, Alexander RJ, editors. Readings in family nursing. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company; 1993. p. 309-28.
24. McDowell I, Newell C. Measuring health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1996.
25. McShane RE. Family theoretical perspectives and implications for nursing practice. AACN Clin Issue Crit Care Nurs 1991;2(2):210-9.
26. Mast ME. Adult uncertainty in illness: a critical review of research. Sch Inq Nurs Pract: Int J 1995;9(1):3-24.
27. Mishel MH. The measurement of uncertainty in illness. Nurs Res 1981;30(5):258-63.
28. Mishel MH. Adjusting the fit: development of uncertainty scales for specific clinical populations. West J Nurs Res 1983;5(4):355-70.
29. Mishel MH. Uncertainty in illness. IMAGE: J Nurs Scholarsh 1988;20(4):225-32.
30. Mishel MH. Uncertainty in Illness scales manual. University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill; 1997.
31. Mishel MH, Braden CJ. Uncertainty a mediator between support and adjustment. West J Nurs Res 1987;9(1):43-57.
32. Mishel MH, Braden CJ. Finding meaning: antecedents of uncertainty in illness. Nurs Res 1988;37(2):98-103.
33. Mishel MH, Sorenson DS. Uncertainty in gynaecological cancer: a test of the mediating functions of mastery and coping. Nursing Research 1991;40(3):167-71.
34. Northouse LL, Laten D, Reddy P. Adjustment of women and their husbands to recurrent breast cancer. Res Nurs Health 1995;18:515-24.
35. Poe CM. Minimizing stress-of-transfer responses. Dimensions Crit Care Nurs 1982;1(6):364-74.
36. Rukholm E, Bailey P, Coutu-Wakulczyk G, Bailey WB. Needs and anxiety levels in relatives of intensive care unit patients. J Adv Nurs 1991;16:920-8.
37. Sherbourne CD, Stewart AL. The MOS social support survey. Soc Sci Med 1991;32:705-14.
38. Spatt L, Ganas E, Hying S, Kirsch ER, Koch M. Informational needs of families of intensive care unit patients. Qual Rev Bull 1986;12(1):16-21.
39. Spielberger CD. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y). Redwood City: Mind Garden Inc; 1983.
40. Ward CR, Constancia PE, Kern L. Nursing Interventions for families of cardiac surgery patients. J Cardiovasc Nurs 1990;5(1):34-42.
41. Wineman NM, Schwetz KM, Goodkin DE, Rudick RA. Relationships among illness uncertainty, stress, coping and emotional well-being at entry into a clinical drug trial. Appl Nurs Res 1996;9(2):53-60.
42. Wong CA, Bramwell L. Uncertainty and anxiety after mastectomy for breast cancer. Cancer Nurs 1992;15(5):363-71.
43. Yarcheski A. Uncertaitny in illness and the future. West J Nurs Res 1988;10(4):401-13.