Observational studyJoint Commission journal on quality and patient safety2019
Failures in the Respectful Care of Critically Ill Patients.
Observational study in Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- A narrative‑informed Intensive Care Unit humanizing intervention: trainee perspectives on the 'Get to Know Me Board'.ATS scholar · 2026Article
- Humanizing care in the ICU: how system pressures shape interacting patterns of hurry, blur, burden, and cruelty.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Provision of respectful care for human dignity in health care service and associated factors in South Gondar hospitals, northwest, Ethiopia, multicenter study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Voices from the ICU: Perspectives on Humanization in Critical Care Settings.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Humanizing the Intensive Care Unit: Perspectives of Patients and Families on the Get to Know Me Board.Journal of patient experience · 2023Article
- Patient-Centered and Family-Centered Care in the Intensive Care Unit.Clinics in chest medicine · 2022Review
- Humanizing the ICU Patient: A Qualitative Exploration of Behaviors Experienced by Patients, Caregivers, and ICU Staff.Critical care explorations · 2021Article
- Communicating with patients about breakdowns in care: a national randomised vignette-based survey.BMJ quality & safety · 2020Article
- Aligning use of intensive care with patient values in the USA: past, present, and future.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe emotional toll of critical illness on patients and their families can be profound and is emerging as an important target for value improvement. One source of emotional harm to patients and families may be care perceived as inadequately respectful. The prevalence and risk factors for types of emotional harms is under-studied.
methodsThis prospective cohort study was conducted in nine ICUs at a tertiary care academic medical center in the United States. Prevalence of inadequate respect for (a) the patient and (b) the family, as well as prevalence of perceived lack of control over the care of their loved ones, was assessed by the Family Satisfaction with Care in the Intensive Care Unit instrument. The relationship between these outcomes with demographic and clinical covariates was assessed. Stratification by patient survivorship was performed in sensitivity analysis.
resultsOf more than 1,500 respondents, 16.9% and 21.8% reported that the patient or the family member, respectively, received inadequate respect. No clinical characteristics of the patients were associated with inadequate respect for either the patient or the family member. By comparison, more than half of respondents reported a lack of control over their loved one's care; this finding was associated with multiple clinical factors. Prevalence and associated factors differed by patient survivorship status.
conclusionCare that is inadequately respectful to patients and families in the setting of critical illness is prevalent but does not appear to be associated with clinical characteristics. The incidence of such emotional harms is nuanced, difficult to predict, and deserves further investigation.
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