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- Title
FAMILY MEMBERS' NEEDS AT INTENSIVE CARE UNITS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN A PUBLIC AND A PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
- Authors
Freitas, Kátia Santana; Kimura, Miako; Leão Ferreira, Karine Azevedo São
- Abstract
This cross-sectional study proposed to analyze the needs of adult ICU patients' family members at a public and a private hospital, regarding their level of importance and satisfaction. Ninety-one family members were interviewed, 47 from the public hospital and 44 from the private one, using the Brazilian adaptation of the Critical Care Family Need Inventory (INEFTI). There was no significant difference between the groups in the total score of importance attributed to the needs (p=0.410). The satisfaction score was higher in the private hospital than in the public one (p=0.002). Multiple linear regression analysis allowed us to establish a hierarchy of importance and satisfaction of the family members' needs in each group. The differences observed between the groups suggest that the fulfillment of their needs requires interventions directed at the specificity of each type of hospital.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FAMILIES; NEEDS assessment; HOSPITAL patients; REGRESSION analysis; PUBLIC hospitals; HOSPITALS
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2007, Vol 15, Issue 1, p84
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-11692007000100013