Effects of Spiritual Care on Well-Being of Intensive Care Family Surrogates: A Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Critical illness of a family member is associated with high emotional and spiritual distress and difficult medical decisions.

Objectives

To determine if a semistructured spiritual care intervention improves the well-being of family surrogate decision makers in intensive care (ICU) settings.

Methods

This study is a randomized, allocation-concealed, parallel group, usual care-controlled, single-blind trial of patient/surrogate dyads in five ICUs in one Midwest, academic medical center. Patients were 18 and older admitted to the ICU and unable to make medical decisions. The intervention involved proactive contact from the chaplain, scheduled, semi-structured visits, weekly follow-up, and bereavement calls. The control group received usual care. The primary endpoi

SUBMITTER: Torke AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10129066 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature