The influence of family need-based health education mode on family members under stress caused by transferring their children out of pediatric ICU

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of family need-based health education mode on family members under stress caused by transferring their children out of pediatric intensive care unit(PICU). Methods A total of 40 family members of children transferred from PICU of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from July to December 2017 were selected as the control group, and 40 family members of children transferred from April to September 2018 were selected as the observation group. In the control group, daily routine health education mode were implemented by nurses on the relatives, while in the observation group, nurses provide the family members of children with corresponding graphic and text materials of health education according to the 2 copies of Critical Care Family Needs Inventory completed by their relatives within 24 hours and 72-96 hours of admission, and implement the daily health education combined with the Flipped Classroom method. The level of uncertainty in illness, stress in transfer and the satisfaction for family-centered nursing were compared between the groups. Results In the observation group, the total score of the family members′ level of uncertainty in illness and stress in transfer were (80.05 ± 3.96) and (39.65 ± 2.41) points respectively, which were lower than those in the control group (99.70 ± 3.78) and (67.15 ± 2.38) points, and all the differences were statistically significant (t=-22.60, -50.21, P<0.01). The satisfaction for family-centered nursing in the observation group was higher than the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusions The implementation of health education mode based on family needs is beneficial to reduce the level of uncertainty in illness of the family members of critically ill children transferred out of PICU, relieve the stress in transfer, and thus improving the family-centered high-quality nursing services in PICU. Key words: Nursing care; Pediatric intensive care unit; Families; Health education; Stress