Empowering Support for Family Members of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury During the Acute Care: Insights From Family Members and Nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the perceptions of family members (FMs) of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and nurses on empowering support and its implementation during the acute phase within Finnish neurosurgical and neurological care in hospital settings, focusing on identifying similarities and differences in their viewpoints.

Design

Participatory qualitative descriptive study.

Methods

Data were collected from seven FMs and 11 nurses using the World Café method in November 2019. An abductive approach was employed for data analysis, combining deductive interpretation within the conceptual framework of empowering support and inductive content analysis.

Results

Four main themes were identified: (1) FMs' diverse information and guidance needs of TBI, treatment an

SUBMITTER: Lindlof J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535323 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature