ArticleScandinavian journal of caring sciences2025
Family Involvement in Relation to Elective Open-Heart Surgery: A Critical Incident Technique Study From a Family Member Perspective.
Article in Scandinavian journal of caring sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Family Health Conversations-A Short-Term Supportive Intervention to Improve Family Well-Being, Functioning, and Involvement in Care After Open-Heart Surgery: A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel-Group Superiority Trial.Journal of family nursing · 2026Trial
- Involving Families in Cardiac Care Through Remote Patient and Family Management: Focus Group and Journey Mapping Study.JMIR cardio · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundAs open-heart surgery can be stressful for the patient and their family, the objective of this study was to generate knowledge on how to support families in relation to open-heart surgery based on important situations.
aimThe aim was to explore and describe the experiences and actions of important situations of family involvement as expressed by family members of patients who underwent elective open-heart surgery in Sweden. METHODOLOGICAL DESIGN AND JUSTIFICATION: The critical incident technique used is a qualitative method appropriate for identifying issues relating to clinical problems. ETHICAL ISSUES AND APPROVAL: Ethical approval was obtained from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority. Allowance was made for the unexpected presence of the patient. RESEARCH
methodsIndividual interviews with 29 family members of patients who underwent open-heart surgery in Sweden in 2023 were analysed using the critical incidence technique, as applied in nursing and healthcare sciences.
resultsThe family members experienced being-or not being-seen as significant and were fearing the loss of normal life in relation to open-heart surgery. Actions taken during important situations were building confidence to relinquish control and relieving burdens to improve well-being.
conclusionsFamily involvement, in terms of being informed and welcomed, led to an improved ability to care for their loved ones. Emotionally supportive interventions targeting families should be considered in relation to a loved one's open-heart surgery.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.