Robin S Mickelson1, Susan E Piras2, Linda Brown3, Carisa Carlile3, Kelly S Drumright4, Leanne Boehm5. 1. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. 2. Whitson-Hester School of Nursing Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, USA; Cookville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, TN, USA. Electronic address: SPiras@tntech.edu. 3. Cookville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, TN, USA. 4. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA. 5. Vanderbilt School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To analyze and describe the use and usefulness of the ICU diary to support family members of critically ill patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A socio-technical systems model (SEIPS 2.0) guided data collection and analysis in this study aimed to gain a holistic understanding of factors that shape ICU diary processes and family requirements for support. Triangulated data sources, including interviews, observations, and photographs, were content analyzed for person, task, tool, and context attributes determining the use and usefulness of ICU diaries. Researchers recruited family members of critically ill patients admitted to ICUs in two hospitals (urban, rural) in the southeastern United States. RESULTS: Nineteen female (100%) family members participated in this study. ICU diaries were used and adapted by family members to cope with the ICU experience in multiple ways. Results indicate that staff support, easy access, embedded instructional format, early initiation, and family ownership facilitated ICU diary use by family members. The ICU diary was useful as a medium to process emotions and gain insights, reduce stress, track information, and communicate with the staff and the patient. CONCLUSIONS: The ICU diary is useful to family members as a stress reduction, information management, and communication tool. The design of ICU diary implementations must address system factors to assure family members receive benefits from diary use. Further research is needed to expand our understanding of the optimal structure, process, and content of ICU diary implementations.
PURPOSE: To analyze and describe the use and usefulness of the ICU diary to support family members of critically ill patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A socio-technical systems model (SEIPS 2.0) guided data collection and analysis in this study aimed to gain a holistic understanding of factors that shape ICU diary processes and family requirements for support. Triangulated data sources, including interviews, observations, and photographs, were content analyzed for person, task, tool, and context attributes determining the use and usefulness of ICU diaries. Researchers recruited family members of critically ill patients admitted to ICUs in two hospitals (urban, rural) in the southeastern United States. RESULTS: Nineteen female (100%) family members participated in this study. ICU diaries were used and adapted by family members to cope with the ICU experience in multiple ways. Results indicate that staff support, easy access, embedded instructional format, early initiation, and family ownership facilitated ICU diary use by family members. The ICU diary was useful as a medium to process emotions and gain insights, reduce stress, track information, and communicate with the staff and the patient. CONCLUSIONS: The ICU diary is useful to family members as a stress reduction, information management, and communication tool. The design of ICU diary implementations must address system factors to assure family members receive benefits from diary use. Further research is needed to expand our understanding of the optimal structure, process, and content of ICU diary implementations.
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