Determination of the needs of critically ill patients' relatives in the emergency department

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the needs of the relatives of critically ill patients who admitted to emergency service and the factors affecting that. Methods: This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study. It was conducted in the emergency service of a state hospital which was among the first 100 hospitals having the highest patient admissions in Turkey. The sample was composed of the relatives of 246 critically ill patients. The data were collected by data collection form that was prepared by the researchers and Turkish version of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory for Emergency Departments (CCFNI-ED). Numbers, percentages, mean, standard deviation, correlation, t test, one way variance analysis (ANOVA), Tukey test and Kruskal Wallis test were used for the assessment of data. Results: It was determined that organizational comfort (3.75±0.40) was prior in the order of the needs of critically ill patients' relatives; and it was followed by supporting process of the family members (3.67±0.46), communication with family members (3.58±0.41) and involvement of family members in the care in emergency department (3.47±0.49). Conclusions: It was observed that the needs of critically ill patients' relatives in emergency department were in accordance with the basic needs of humans.