Surrogate Satisfaction with Decision Making After Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Surrogate decision makers for patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are frequently asked to make difficult decisions on use of life-sustaining treatments. We explored ICH surrogate satisfaction with decision making and experience of decision regret using validated measures in a prospective multicenter study.

Methods

Cases of non-traumatic ICH were enrolled from three hospitals (September 2015-December 2016), and surrogate decision makers were invited to complete a self-administered survey. The primary outcome was the 10-item decision-making subscale of the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit scale (FSICU-DM, range 0-100, higher is greater satisfaction), and the secondary outcome was the decision regret scale (range 0-100, higher is grea

SUBMITTER: Sahgal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7736185 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature