The evidence base of nurse-led family interventions for improving family outcomes in adult critical care settings: A mixed method systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the consequences of a patient's admission to critical care settings, causing families to face more psychosocial issues than in previous years. Thus, nurses and other clinicians need to keep abreast of interventions that support the families of critical care patients.

Objective

To provide evidence of nurse-led family interventions and their family outcomes in adult critical care settings.

Design

A mixed method systematic review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis checklist.

Data sources

The search included both a screen of relevant databases (PubMed, Scopus, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and the Cochrane Library) and the screening of

SUBMITTER: Kiwanuka F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8560087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature