ArticleCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2022
Patient and family engagement in patient care and research in Canadian intensive care units: a national survey.
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- Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Family Members of ICU Patients.Critical care explorations · 2024Pooled it
- Consumer and community involvement in paediatric intensive care research across Australia and New Zealand: a protocol for a mixed-methods environmental scan.Research involvement and engagement · 2025Review
- Direct Observation of Family Engagement Practice in a Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- Patient and family perceptions of a discharge bedside board.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Tailored implementation of the FICUS multicomponent family support intervention in adult intensive care units: findings from a mixed methods contextual analysis.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeWhile patient and family engagement may improve clinical care and research, current practices for engagement in Canadian intensive care units (ICUs) are unknown.
methodsWe developed and administered a cross-sectional questionnaire to ICU leaders of current engagement practices, facilitators, and barriers to engagement, and whether engagement was a priority, using to an ordinal Likert scale from 1 to 10.
resultsThe response rate was 53.4% (124/232). Respondents were from 11 provinces and territories, mainly from medical surgical ICUs (76%) and community hospitals (70%). Engagement in patient care included bedside care (84%) and bedside rounds (66%), presence during procedures/crises (65%), and survey completion (77%). Research engagement included ethics committees (36%), protocol review (31%), and knowledge translation (30%). Facilitators of engagement in patient care included family meetings (87%), open visitation policies (81%), and engagement as an institutional priority (74%). Support from departmental (43%) and hospital (33%) leadership was facilitator of research engagement. Time was the main barrier to engagement in any capacity. Engagement was a higher priority in patient care vs research (median [interquartile range], 8 [7-9] vs 3 [1-7]; P < 0.001) and in pediatric vs adult ICUs (10 [9-10] vs 8 [7-9]; P = 0.003). Research engagement was significantly higher in academic vs other ICUs (7 [5-8] vs 2 [1-4]; P < 0.001), and pediatric vs adult ICUs (7 [5-8] vs 3 [1-6]; P = 0.01).
conclusionsOrganizational strategies and institutional support were key facilitators of engagement. Engagement in patient care was a higher priority than engagement in research.
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