OBJECTIVE: To measure the ability to meet family needs in an @entity1213 ( @entity1213 ). DESIGN: Descriptive survey. SETTING: University hospital @entity1213 . SUBJECTS: Ninety-nine next of kin respondents and 16 secondary family respondents were recruited. INTERVENTIONS: A modified Society of Critical Care Medicine Family Needs Assessment instrument was used. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Demographic variables included @entity1 age, gender, diagnosis, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score on admission, Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) score on the date of interview, cumulative TISS of the @entity1213 on the day of interview, number of @entity1 in the @entity1213 at time of interview, nurse/ @entity1 ratio for the @entity1 , average nurse/ @entity1 ratio of the entire unit, day of the week of the interview, timing of the interview, number of @entity1213 attending physicians who cared for this @entity1 (scheduled for a period of seven consecutive days), number of nurses who cared for the @entity1 , if a nurse was assigned the same @entity1 on two consecutive days worked, length of stay in the @entity1213 , and length of hospital stay. Demographic information concerning the family member included gender, age, commuting time to the hospital, visiting time in the hospital per day, number in family group, relationship to the @entity1 , ethnic background, and education level. The additive score of all questions in the needs assessment instrument was calculated and used as the dependent variable. The independent variables were demographic information concerning @entity1 , @entity1213 , and respondents. The model coefficient of determination (R2adj) was 0.20 with a p = .0079. Greater family dissatisfaction (i.e., higher score) was present if there were more than two @entity1213 attendings per @entity1 (p = .048), or if the same nurse was not assigned on two consecutive days (p = .044). Family satisfaction increased if the respondent was female (p = .006), if the @entity1 had a higher APACHE II score (p = .007), and if the @entity1 's relationship with the most significant family member was brother/sister (p = .012). The family needs instrument was reliable and demonstrated a high degree of concordance with a second respondent in the same family surveyed. CONCLUSIONS: Communication by the same provider was important when measuring the ability of an @entity1213 to meet family needs. Instrument scores and the ability to meet family needs differed depending on the gender and the relationship to the @entity1 of the most significant family member. We speculate that this instrument may be a useful adjunct in assessing quality of critical care services provided.

Measuring the ability to meet family needs in an XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity1213 :: ('MESH:D012555', 'Disease') :: ['intensive care unit', 'ICU']
@entity1213 :: (MESH:D012555,Disease) :: ['intensive care unit']
