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Survey of caregiver opinions on the practicalities of family‐centred care in intensive care units

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  • Aude Soury‐Lavergne
  • Inès Hauchard
  • Sandrine Dray
  • Marie‐Lou Baillot
  • Emmanuelle Bertholet
  • Karine Clabault
  • Sylvie Jeune
  • Christelle Ledroit
  • Isabelle Lelias
  • Véronique Lombardo
  • Yves Maetens
  • Ferhat Meziani
  • Jean Reignier
  • Bertrand Souweine
  • Alexis Tabah
  • Karine Barrau
  • Antoine Roch
  • the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF)

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Aims and objectives. To determine caregiver opinion on their intensive care unit’s policies with regard to visiting hours, how families are informed and participate in patient care. Background. Benefits of improving family access to the intensive care unit, information delivery and participation of families in care have been suggested. Design. Survey of caregivers working in French‐speaking intensive care units. Methods. An e‐mail invitation to complete an online, closed‐ended questionnaire was issued to caregivers registered in the mailing list of the French society of intensive care. Results. Caregivers (n = 731) working in 222 adult and 41 paediatric intensive care units completed the questionnaire. Unlike in paediatric intensive care units, 58% of adult intensive care unit had restricted visiting hours (

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  • Aude Soury‐Lavergne & Inès Hauchard & Sandrine Dray & Marie‐Lou Baillot & Emmanuelle Bertholet & Karine Clabault & Sylvie Jeune & Christelle Ledroit & Isabelle Lelias & Véronique Lombardo & Yves Maete, 2012. "Survey of caregiver opinions on the practicalities of family‐centred care in intensive care units," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(7‐8), pages 1060-1067, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:21:y:2012:i:7-8:p:1060-1067
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03866.x
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