Integrating Perspectives on Family Caregiving After Critical Illness: A Qualitative Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, no intervention has definitively improved outcomes for families of critical illness survivors. An integrated perspective on caregivers' needs after critical illness could help identify high-priority intervention targets and improve outcomes.

Objectives

To obtain diverse perspectives on the needs, barriers and facilitators, and social determinants of health associated with family caregiving across the critical illness continuum and assess the extent to which successful caregiving interventions in other populations may be adapted to the critical illness context.

Methods

This qualitative content analysis of 31 semistructured interviews and 10 focus groups with family caregivers, health care providers, and health care administrators explored family car

SUBMITTER: Moale AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11237965 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature