Open AccessPsychosocial needs of families of intensive care patients: Perceptions of nurses and families
Author(s) -
Seyed Afshin Shorofi,
Yadollah Jannati,
Hossein Roohi Moghaddam,
Jamshid Yazdani-Charati
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.180557
Subject(s) - psychosocial , nursing , medicine , intensive care , family medicine , population , intensive care unit , health care , psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth
Admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is not only stressful to the patients but the patients' family members. Families are believed not to receive their required attention because their needs are incorrectly and inaccurately evaluated by the health care team. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the perceptions of ICU nurses and families regarding the psychosocial needs of families of intensive care patients.