https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2020.8972

Family ENgagement in Intensive Care Environments (FENICE): A quasi-experimental study protocol

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2020)
Submitted: 19 March 2020
Accepted: 27 May 2020
Published: 23 December 2020
family engagement, intensive care unit, critical care, patient and family outcomes, experimental study
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Matteo Danielis
matteo.danielis@unimi.it
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan; Department of Medical Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Alvisa Palese
Department of Medical Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Stefano Terzoni
School of Nursing, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Anne Destrebecq
Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Even if health care professionals should take into account the active involvement of families in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), little research that investigates family member’s contributions to care and includes its outcomes on both the family itself and the patient care, is available. The aim of this research project is to assess the effects of a family engagement program on family members’ satisfaction and on patients’ well-being and quality of life. A quasiexperimental study with two non-randomized groups (94 per each group) will be performed in two general ICUs of an Academic Italian Hospital. The intervention will be carried out in a single ICU and it consists of family members’ involvement in the care of their loved ones by means of bed physical exercises and simple care tasks. Participants will be evaluated through manifold outcomes: family satisfaction, assessed with the FS-ICU tool within 48 hours after ICU discharge; patients’ sense of well-being, measured with a visual analogue scale within 30 minutes after the time period of a visit; and the quality of life, investigated with the SF- 12 questionnaire within the first 48 hours after admission to ICU, at three and six months after ICU discharge by telephone. From July 2020, 188 subjects are going to be enrolled throughout the year. The latest data will be collected in December 2021 to allow the completion of the follow-ups of all participants. First, this study constitutes a significant step in a research agenda aimed at deepening the nursing sensitive outcomes in ICUs and the quality of hospital care. Secondly, the results of this study might have the potential to provide a better understanding of how families may modify patients’ outcomes and whether family members would benefit from an involvement program.

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Danielis, M., Palese, A., Terzoni, S., & Destrebecq, A. (2020). Family ENgagement in Intensive Care Environments (FENICE): A quasi-experimental study protocol. Emergency Care Journal, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2020.8972

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