Family Presence during Resuscitation: A Qualitative Analysis from a National Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The themes of qualitative assessments that characterize the experience of family members offered the choice of observing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of a loved one have not been formally identified.

Methods and findings

In the context of a multicenter randomized clinical trial offering family members the choice of observing CPR of a patient with sudden cardiac arrest, a qualitative analysis, with a sequential explanatory design, was conducted. The aim of the study was to understand family members' experience during CPR. All participants were interviewed by phone at home three months after cardiac arrest. Saturation was reached after analysis of 30 interviews of a randomly selected sample of 75 family members included in the trial. Four themes were identifi

SUBMITTER: De Stefano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4890739 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature