Most important needs of family members of critical patients in light of the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory/Necesidades mas importantes de los familiares del paciente critico a la luz del instrumento Critical Care Family Needs Inventory/Necessidades importantes dos familiares do paciente critico a luz do instrumento Critical Care Family Needs Inventory

• Published in: Investigación y educación en enfermería 2014-05, Vol.32 (2), p.306
• Main Author: Fortunatti, Cristobal Felipe Padilla
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; spa
• ISSN: 0120-5307; 2216-0280

Objective. This work sought to identify the most important needs for family members of adult critical patients as described in the literature pursuant to the dimensions established in the "Critical Care Family Needs Inventory" (CCFNI) by Molter and Leske. Methodology. A literature review was carried out by using the CCFNI instrument. The databases used were: Pubmed, CINAHL, Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Source, Proquest Psychology Journals, LILACS, Science Direct, Ovid SP PsyicINFO, and SciELO. The following limitations for the search were identified: adult patients, articles in English and Spanish, with abstract and complete text available and which had been published from 2003 to June 2013; 15 articles were included. Results. The family's hope on desired results and sincere communication with the healthcare staff turned out to be the most relevant needs, while the least important were related to comfort and having support structures or systems. Most of the studies were conducted in Asia and North America revealing differences in the order of importance assigned to each necessity. Certain sociodemographic and cultural characteristics impact upon how family members rank their needs; this also occurs with the nature of the most important needs for the family and the factors determining their prioritization. Conclusion. The articles included in this review mention the frequent interaction with the family and their holistic view of the person beyond the illness, determine that nurses are the most appropriate professionals to know and satisfy the family needs of critical patients. Key words: intensive care units; needs assessment; family. Objetivo. Identificar las necesidades mas importantes de los familiares del paciente critico adulto descritas en la literatura conforme a las dimensiones establecidas en el "Critical Care Family Needs Inventory" (CCFNI) de Molter & Leske. Metodologia. Se reviso la literatura en la cual se utilizo el instrumento CCFNI. Las bases de datos empleadas fueron: Pubmed, CINAHL, Proquest Nursing & Allied Health Source, Proquest Psychology Journals, LILACS, Science Direct, Ovid SP, PsyicINFO, y Scielo. Dentro de los limites de la busqueda se tuvieron: pacientes adultos, articulos en idioma ingles y espanol, con resumen y texto completo disponible y que hubieran sido publicados desde el ano 2003 a junio de 2013, de los cuales fueron incluidos 15 articulos. Resultados. Como las necesidades mas relevantes se destacaron: la esperanza de