Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person
Background: We investigated the criteria that hospitalized patients in intensive care units (ICUs) deem important when designating relatives who are best qualified to interact with the caregiving staff. Methods: We conducted an exploratory, observational, prospective, multicenter study between March...
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| author | Jean-Pierre Quenot Nicolas Meunier-Beillard Eléa Ksiazek Caroline Abdulmalak Fiona Ecarnot Jean-Baptiste Roudaut Pascal Andreu François Aptel Marie Labruyère Marine Jacquier Jean-Philippe Rigaud |
| author_facet | Jean-Pierre Quenot Nicolas Meunier-Beillard Eléa Ksiazek Caroline Abdulmalak Fiona Ecarnot Jean-Baptiste Roudaut Pascal Andreu François Aptel Marie Labruyère Marine Jacquier Jean-Philippe Rigaud |
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| description | Background: We investigated the criteria that hospitalized patients in intensive care units (ICUs) deem important when designating relatives who are best qualified to interact with the caregiving staff. Methods: We conducted an exploratory, observational, prospective, multicenter study between March 1, 2018, and October 31, 2018, within two ICUs. A 12-item questionnaire was distributed to patients in the ICUs by the investigating physicians. Patients were considered eligible if they had a good understanding of the French language and if they had not officially designated surrogates before ICU admission. Results: Seventy-one patients whose average age was 63.9± 17.3 years, of whom 21 (29.5%) were females, completed the questionnaire. The average Charlson comorbidity score was 2.5 ± 2.4, and the average Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) was 39.8 ± 16.5. The main etiology was respiratory infection (40.8%), followed by sepsis (23.9%). The most important criteria identified by patients when selecting reference persons were a good knowledge of the patient's wishes and values, an emotional attachment to the patient, and being a family member. Conclusion: Our findings reveal that ICU patients considered the following criteria to be critical when designating reference persons: knowledge of their wishes and the existence of emotional and family attachments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78e0426d2f364352818613adbda82c102022-12-22T03:55:13ZengElsevierJournal of Intensive Medicine2667-100X2022-10-0124268273Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference personJean-Pierre Quenot0Nicolas Meunier-Beillard1Eléa Ksiazek2Caroline Abdulmalak3Fiona Ecarnot4Jean-Baptiste Roudaut5Pascal Andreu6François Aptel7Marie Labruyère8Marine Jacquier9Jean-Philippe Rigaud10Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital François Mitterrand, Dijon 21000, France; Lipness Team, INSERM Research Centre LNC-UMR1231 and LabEx LipSTIC, University of Burgundy, Dijon 21000, France; INSERM CIC 1432, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Burgundy, Dijon 21000, France; Espace de Réflexion Éthique Bourgogne Franche-Comté (EREBFC), Dijon 21000, France; Corresponding author: Jean-Pierre Quenot, Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, 14 rue Paul Gaffarel, B.P 77908, Dijon Cedex 21079, France.INSERM CIC 1432, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Burgundy, Dijon 21000, France; DRCI, USMR, CHU Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon 21000, FranceINSERM CIC 1432, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Burgundy, Dijon 21000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier William Morey, Châlon sur Saône 71000, FranceDepartment of Cardiology, EA3920, University of Franche-Comté, University Hospital Besancon, Besancon 25000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, University Hospital François Mitterrand, Dijon 21000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, University Hospital François Mitterrand, Dijon 21000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, University Hospital François Mitterrand, Dijon 21000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, University Hospital François Mitterrand, Dijon 21000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, University Hospital François Mitterrand, Dijon 21000, FranceDepartment of Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier de Dieppe, Dieppe 76202, France; Espace de Réflexion Éthique de Normandie, University Hospital Caen, Caen 14000, FranceBackground: We investigated the criteria that hospitalized patients in intensive care units (ICUs) deem important when designating relatives who are best qualified to interact with the caregiving staff. Methods: We conducted an exploratory, observational, prospective, multicenter study between March 1, 2018, and October 31, 2018, within two ICUs. A 12-item questionnaire was distributed to patients in the ICUs by the investigating physicians. Patients were considered eligible if they had a good understanding of the French language and if they had not officially designated surrogates before ICU admission. Results: Seventy-one patients whose average age was 63.9± 17.3 years, of whom 21 (29.5%) were females, completed the questionnaire. The average Charlson comorbidity score was 2.5 ± 2.4, and the average Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS II) was 39.8 ± 16.5. The main etiology was respiratory infection (40.8%), followed by sepsis (23.9%). The most important criteria identified by patients when selecting reference persons were a good knowledge of the patient's wishes and values, an emotional attachment to the patient, and being a family member. Conclusion: Our findings reveal that ICU patients considered the following criteria to be critical when designating reference persons: knowledge of their wishes and the existence of emotional and family attachments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667100X22000482Reference personIntensive care unitQuestionnaire |
| spellingShingle | Jean-Pierre Quenot Nicolas Meunier-Beillard Eléa Ksiazek Caroline Abdulmalak Fiona Ecarnot Jean-Baptiste Roudaut Pascal Andreu François Aptel Marie Labruyère Marine Jacquier Jean-Philippe Rigaud Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person Journal of Intensive Medicine Reference person Intensive care unit Questionnaire |
| title | Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person |
| title_full | Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person |
| title_fullStr | Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person |
| title_full_unstemmed | Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person |
| title_short | Criteria deemed important by ICU patients when designating a reference person |
| title_sort | criteria deemed important by icu patients when designating a reference person |
| topic | Reference person Intensive care unit Questionnaire |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667100X22000482 |
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