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ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2020

Can the UK 24-item family satisfaction in the intensive care unit questionnaire be used to evaluate quality improvement strategies aimed at improving family satisfaction with the ICU? A qualitative study.

Susannah Lyes, Alvin Richards-Belle, Bronwen Connolly, Kathryn M Rowan, Lisa Hinton, Louise Locock

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Article in Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Susannah LyesHealth Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Alvin Richards-BelleClinical Trials Unit, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC), London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-9380
Bronwen ConnollyClinical Trials Unit, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC), London, UK.
Kathryn M RowanClinical Trials Unit, Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC), London, UK.
Lisa HintonHealth Experiences Research Group, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Louise LocockHealth Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GBUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

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Chief Scientist Office HSRU2Department of Health 11/2003/56
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe experiences and satisfaction of family members of patients are important indicators of healthcare quality in the intensive care unit. The family satisfaction in the intensive care unit (FS-ICU-24) questionnaire, developed in Canada and now validated in the UK, is becoming the gold standard measure to evaluate family members' satisfaction with the intensive care unit. To inform future use of the UK FS-ICU-24 to evaluate quality improvement strategies aimed at improving family satisfaction with the intensive care unit, we set out to explore the extent to which the 24-scored items and domains of the UK FS-ICU-24 reflect common suggestions and priorities for quality improvement self-reported as important to family members in the UK.

methodsTwo data sources were thematically analysed - (1) open-text responses from family members who completed the UK FS-ICU-24 in a large observational cohort study; (2) a set of quality improvement activities generated by patients, family members and staff through experience-based co-design in a mixed-methods' intensive care unit quality improvement study. Summarised themes were then mapped to the 24-scored items and domains of the UK FS-ICU-24 to assess coverage by the UK FS-ICU-24.

resultsWe found a good degree of coverage between the topics and themes identified as important to family members with the 24-scored items and domains of the UK FS-ICU-24.

conclusionOur study confirms the face validity of the UK FS-ICU-24 and indicates that its inclusion as an outcome measure for evaluating quality improvement strategies aimed at improving family satisfaction with the intensive care unit is appropriate.

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Family satisfactionqualitative researchquality improvementUK FS-ICU-24

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PMID34093733
PMCPMC8142098
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