Family members' experiences with intensive care unit diaries when the patient does not survive.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to explore how family members experienced the use of a diary when a relative does not survive the stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHOD:A qualitative method with a hermeneutic approach was used. Nine participants who read/wrote eight diaries in total were interviewed. The collected data were analysed using a hermeneutic technique inspired by Geanellos. FINDINGS:The analysis revealed an overall theme 'the diary was experienced as a bridge connecting the past with the future', which was a metaphor referring to the temporal aspect where there was the period with the diary up until the patient's death and then the postbereavement period. The diary contributed to both a rational and emotional understanding of the death of the patient and disclosed glimmers of light that still existed before the illness deteriorated. Further, the diary bridged the space between family members themselves and between family and nursing staff. It helped to maintain a feeling of togetherness and engagement in the care of the patient which family members found comforting. CONCLUSION:Family members of nonsurvivors had a need to have the ICU time explained and expressed. The diary might work as a form of 'survival kit' to gain coherence and understanding; to meet their needs during the hospital stay; and, finally, to act as a bereavement support by processing the death of the patient.

journal_name

Scand J Caring Sci

authors

Johansson M,Wåhlin I,Magnusson L,Runeson I,Hanson E

doi

10.1111/scs.12454

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-03-01 00:00:00

pages

233-240

issue

1

eissn

0283-9318

issn

1471-6712

journal_volume

32

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