Purpose Over 10% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients die; however, research aimed at assessing and improving the quality of their deaths remains scarce. This study investigated the impact of communication among healthcare professionals and person-centered care provided by ICU nurses on the quality of dying and death (QODD) experienced by ICU patients.
Methods We measured general characteristics of ICU nurses, interprofessional communication, and person-centered care, and identified their impact on the quality of death for patients who died in the ICU. Participants consisted of 103 ICU nurses employed at two tertiary hospitals in South Korea. Data were collected between January and May 2023. Descriptive statistics, the t-test, analysis of variance, the Mann-Whitney U test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted using SPSS version 23.0.
Results The mean QODD score was 44.73±21.26. QODD was positively correlated with openness (nurse-physician), understanding (nurse-physician), satisfaction (nurse-physician), and person-centered care. Factors significantly influencing QODD included nurse-physician communication, specifically understanding (β=.35, p=.010), and person-centered care (β=.19, p=.033), explaining 20.2% of the total variance (F=7.44, p<.001).
Conclusion Improved communication among healthcare professionals and enhanced person-centered care are essential for improving the QODD for ICU patients. To achieve this, educational initiatives focusing on end-of-life care and communication training programs for healthcare professionals should be implemented.
Purpose This study explored tools to measure service experiences for families of older adults living in long-term care facilities, with the goal of suggesting directions for developing service experience measurement indicators for these families in the Korean context. Methods In this scoping review, English-language literature on the service experiences of families of older adults in long-term care facilities published in academic journals from January 1990 to December 2021 was reviewed. The CINAHL, Embase, and PubMed databases were searched. The review process involved identifying the research question; searching for relevant published studies; selecting studies; mapping the data; and collating, summarizing, and reporting the results. This method helped identify knowledge gaps, explore, and define key concepts, and obtain an overview of extant studies’ focus by determining the literature scope. Among 118 articles, seven were finally selected according to predetermined criteria. Results Through an analysis of the sub-factors of the tools used in the seven selected articles, the following themes were derived: environment, information and family member involvement, tailored care, respect, and responsive workforce. Concept definitions were clarified and examined. Conclusion Measuring the service experiences of families serving as surrogates for older adults who are in long-term care facilities and cannot express their opinions is essential for improving service quality. Developing a measurement tool for experiences of facility service experience that accurately reflects the perspectives of family members of older adults in these facilities in the Korean context is a pressing need given South Korea’s rapidly aging population.
Purpose In this study, factors influencing the performance of person-centered care among nurses in designated COVID-19 hospitals were examined.
Methods A total of 182 nurses providing care to COVID-19 patients at six public hospitals in Gyeonggi-do the designated hospital for infectious diseases participated in the study. Data were collected from February to March 2021 using a 152-question structured questionnaire, and analyzed using SPSS/WINdows software, version 25.0 by frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients, and multiple regression.
Results The factors influencing the respondents’ performance of person-centered care were organizational culture for infection control (β=.35, p<.001), empathic ability (β=.16, p=.027), and the charge nurse position (β=.14, p=.035); these explained 20.8% of their person-centered care.
Conclusion It is necessary to consider strategies to improve the organizational culture for infection control and empathic ability to promote the performance of person-centered care among nurses at designated COVID-19 hospitals. It is also necessary to design a program that can facilitate the implementation of person-centered care by nurses who hold positions junior to that of the charge nurse at designated COVID-19 hospitals.
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