ArticleInternational journal of nursing sciences2019
Developing an evidence-based and theory informed intervention to involve families in patients care after surgery: A quality improvement project.
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- Is the Active Involvement of Family Caregivers in Adult Hospital Care Effective to Improve Patient Outcomes? A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Early Enteral Nutrition on Post-operative Hospital Stay and Complications in Infants Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of caring sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Mapping Family Involvement in Prehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Cancer Surgery: A Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- Use of IntegraEuropean burn journal · 2025Review
- The spiritual needs of surgical patients in Iranian hospital settings: a qualitative study.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Nurses' experiences of barriers and facilitators to family participation in the care for hospitalized older adult patients: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Patients and informal caregivers in the lead: a qualitative study on the experiences of patients, informal caregivers, and healthcare professionals with involvement in treatment, e-health and self-management programs.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- The effect of family-centered care on unplanned emergency room visits, hospital readmissions and intensive care admissions after surgery: a root cause analysis from a prospective multicenter study in the Netherlands.Patient safety in surgery · 2024Article
- Nurses' views of patient- and family-centered care and its practices in peri-operative contexts in hospitals in Northern Ghana.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- The symphony of open-heart surgical care: A mixed-methods study about interprofessional attitudes towards family involvement.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- Activating Relatives to Get Involved in Care After Surgery: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- The Family Involvement in Care Questionnaire-An instrument measuring family involvement in inpatient care.PloS one · 2023Article
- Restricted family presence for hospitalized surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: How hospital care providers and families navigated ethical tensions and experiences of institutional betrayal.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- Standardization of caregiver and nursing perioperative care on gynecologic oncology wards in a resource-limited setting.Gynecologic oncology reports · 2022Article
- Redefining the High-Output Stoma and Its Bearing on Clinical Practice Results of an International Consensus Panel.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesIn the post-surgical setting, active involvement of family caregivers has the potential to improve patient outcomes by prevention of surgical complications that are sensitive to fundamental care. This paper describes the development of a theoretically grounded program to enhance the active involvement of family caregivers in fundamental care for post-surgical patients.
methodsWe used a quality improvement project following a multi-phase design. In Phase 1, an iterative method was used to combine evidence from a narrative review and professionals' preferences. In Phase 2, the logic model underlying the program was developed guided by four steps: (1) confirm situation, intervention aim, and target population; (2) documented expected outcomes, and outputs of the intervention; (3) identify and describe assumptions, external factors and inputs; and (4) confirm intervention components.
resultsPhase 1 identified a minimum set of family involvement activities that were both supported by staff and the narrative review. In Phase 2, the logic model was developed and includes (1) the inputs (e.g. educational- and environmental support), (2) the ultimate outcomes (e.g. reduction of postoperative complications), (3) the intermediate outcomes (e.g. behavioural changes), and (4) immediate outcomes (e.g. improved knowledge, skills and attitude).
conclusionsWe demonstrated how we aimed to change our practice to an environment in which family caregivers were stimulated to be actively involved in postoperative care on surgical wards, and how we took different factors into account. The description of this program may provide a solid basis for professionals to implement the family involvement program in their own setting.
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