Investigation and analysis on family members' demands of ICU critical patients

Abstract

Objective To understand the family members' demands of ICU critical patients so as to provide evidences for clinical nursing work. Methods Family members of 47 ICU patients were surveyed using the Chinese version of Molter' s critical care family needs inventory. Results The family members of patients thought that the most needed items were knowing the therapy and prognosis of patients and obtaining the changes of patients' diseases, and the most needless items were the demands associated with oneself. The analysis results of demology showed that partial demands were related with the age, sex, education level and average monthly income per parson. Conclusions ICU nurses must rightly understand the family members' demands of patients, then meet their demands according to the factors including age, sex, ducation level and family income so as to help them cope the state of family crisis. Key words: Intensive care unit; Family member; Demand; Questionnaire