Assessing physicians' and nurses' experience of dying and death in the ICU: development of the CAESAR-P and the CAESAR-N instruments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As an increasing number of deaths occur in the intensive care unit (ICU), studies have sought to describe, understand, and improve end-of-life care in this setting. Most of these studies are centered on the patient's and/or the relatives' experience. Our study aimed to develop an instrument designed to assess the experience of physicians and nurses of patients who died in the ICU, using a mixed methodology and validated in a prospective multicenter study.

Methods

Physicians and nurses of patients who died in 41 ICUs completed the job strain and the CAESAR questionnaire within 24 h after the death. The psychometric validation was conducted using two datasets: a learning and a reliability cohort.

Results

Among the 475 patients included in the main cohort, 398

SUBMITTER: Boissier F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature