Factors influencing health status and contact with health services. Ill or disturbed family member
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: For experimental group, the researcher assistants introduces him/herself to family member as soon as possible after patient's admission (after the essential affairs for the patient wer
For experimental group, the researcher assistants introduces him/herself to family member as soon as possible after patient's admission (after the essential affairs for the patient were done and famil
Control group only receives routine care delivered by ward personnel and no action would be done by the researcher.
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: being the patient's husband, wife, brother, sister, father, mother or closest person in the family; being present at hospital in the first 24 to 48 hrs of admission; age more than 18 years old; emotioanlly prepared for taking part in the study; not taking care for another patient in the family; not having any history of close relatives admission at intensive care unit; not having physical or disability; not being the member of health care team Exclusion Criteria: giving up for continuing participation in the study; patient death
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety. Timepoint: Before intervention and the fourth day after interventio. Method of measurement: Spielberger state anxiety inventory.;Satisfaction. Timepoint: The fourth day after intervention. Method of measurement: Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactHamid Peyrovi
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed