Intensive & critical care nursing : the official journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Dec 2016
Sleep in family caregivers of ICU survivors for two months post-ICU discharge.
To describe changes in sleep quality in family caregivers of ICU survivors from the patients' ICU admission until two months post-ICU discharge. ⋯ Poor sleep quality was highly prevalent and persisted in family caregivers of ICU survivors for two months post-ICU discharge. Our data support the need for a larger longitudinal study to examine risk factors associated with sleep quality in family caregivers of ICU survivors to develop targeted interventions.
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Dec 2016
Consolation or confrontation when interacting through an ICU diary - A phenomenological-hermeneutical study.
Exploring relatives' experience of interaction with other relatives when writing a diary for the critically ill patient. ⋯ Authorship of the diary provided relatives with the power to influence the narrative in the diary. Co-authoring the diary allowed the relatives to incorporate the illness experience into a personal narrative, thereby influencing the formation of a family narrative. However, difficult relationships kept relatives from sharing emotions and understandings and could cause suffering among relatives and co-creation of the diary to fail.