A family information brochure and dedicated website to improve the ICU experience for patients’ relatives: an Italian multicenter before-and-after study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-79

  Mistraletti, Giovanni ^a,b   Umbrello, Michele ^b   Mantovani, Elena Silvia ^b   Moroni, Benedetta ^a   Formenti, Paolo ^b   Spanu, Paolo ^b   Anania, Stefania ^b   Andrighi, Elisa ^b   Di Carlo, Alessandra ^b   Martinetti, Federica ^b   Vecchi, Irene ^b   Palo, Alessandra ^c   Pinna, Cristina ^d   Russo, Riccarda ^e   Francesconi, Silvia ^f   Valdambrini, Federico ^g   Ferretti, Enrica ^h   Radeschi, Giulio ⁱ   Bosco, Edda ^j   Malacarne, Paolo ^k   Iapichino, Gaetano ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^f UOC Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

^h MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j AO Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Communication strategies; Critically ill patients; ICU families; Post traumatic stress disorder; Website

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CRITICAL CARE FAMILY NEEDS INVENTORY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY SATISFACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTSD SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE; SATISFACTION; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CRITICAL CARE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84994397473     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4592-0     Document Type: Article

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