• Journal of critical care · Aug 2015

    Patients' experience of being in intensive care units.

    • Jafar A Alasad, Nazih Abu Tabar, and Muayyad M Ahmad.
    • Clinical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942 Jordan. Electronic address: jalasad@ju.edu.jo.
    • J Crit Care. 2015 Aug 1;30(4):859.e7-11.

    PurposeThe aim of the study was to describe the Jordanian patients' experience during their stay in intensive care units (ICUs) and to explore factors that contribute to positive and negative experiences.Materials And MethodsA descriptive, exploratory design was used. The study was conducted at 3 hospitals in Jordan. Patients were selected from surgical and medical ICUs within 72 hours after transfer to the floor. Data were collected through structured interviews using the Intensive Care Experience Questionnaire with 98 patients.ResultsData showed high level of awareness among patients to surrounding persons (82.2%) and relatives (90.3%). Although 58% of patients perceived pain as a problem during their stay, patients' perception of the care as good as it should be was generally high (82%). Male and female patients differed significantly in their frightening experiences (t=-2.559, P=.01).ConclusionUnderstanding patients' experiences in the ICU would increase nurses' awareness to patients' stressors. It would help policy makers in designing structural and process-related care activities in a manner that promotes positive patient experiences, which would improve quality of care in general and specifically ICU patients' outcome. The ICU environment was found to adversely affect patients in many aspects. In addition, most patients were able to recall their ICU experience.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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