CORRELATION OF THE QUALITY OF DYING AND DEATH QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE CRITICAL CARE FAMILY SATISFACTION SURVEY IN A MULTI-SPECIALTY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Abstract

PURPOSE: Instruments to evaluate patient/family care and satisfaction at the end-of-life in an intensive care unit (ICU) are limited. The Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QODD) and the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey (CCFSS) are tools that have been validated in different populations. The goal of this study was to correlate the results of the Family and Nurse QODD and CCFSS for patients who died in a multi-specialty ICU.