SynthesisWestern journal of nursing research2018
End-of-Life Decision Support in the ICU: Where Are We Now?
Synthesis in Western journal of nursing research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supporting Families During End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nurses' Experiences in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of a decision-making support framework on nurse burnout and quality of end-of-life care: A before-and-after study in intensive care units.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Breaking with the status quo in end-of-life care through de-implementation.Journal of internal medicine · 2025Review
- Sociocultural Moderators of Emotion Regulation in Family Members of the Critically Ill.Western journal of nursing research · 2022Article
- Practice of family-centred care in intensive care units before the COVID-19-pandemic: A cross-sectional analysis in German-speaking countries.Intensive & critical care nursing · 2022Article
- Shared Decision Making in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures and Arrhythmia Management.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2021Review
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- Comparing cognitive load levels among family members of the critically ill exposed to electronic decision aids.Applied nursing research : ANR · 2019Article
- Correlates of Cognitive Load in Surrogate Decision Makers of the Critically III.Western journal of nursing research · 2019Article
- A preliminary psychometric evaluation of the eight-item cognitive load scale.Applied nursing research : ANR · 2018Article
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Abstract
Determining effective decision support strategies that enhance quality of end-of-life decision making in the intensive care unit is a research priority. This systematic review identified interventional studies describing the effectiveness of decision support interventions administered to critically ill patients or their surrogate decision makers. We conducted a systematic literature search using PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane. Our search returned 121 articles, 22 of which met the inclusion criteria. The search generated studies with significant heterogeneity in the types of interventions evaluated and varied patient and surrogate decision-maker outcomes, which limited the comparability of the studies. Few studies demonstrated significant improvements in the primary outcomes. In conclusion, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of end-of-life decision support for critically ill patients and their surrogate decision makers. Additional research is needed to develop and evaluate innovative decision support interventions for end-of-life decision making in the intensive care unit.
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