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dc.contributor.authorEgerod, Ingrid
dc.contributor.authorKaldan, Gudrun
dc.contributor.authorCoombs, Maureen
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Marion
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-04T22:25:42Z
dc.date.available2023-07-04T22:25:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0964-3397en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.iccn.2017.10.003en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/409776
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mortality in Danish intensive care units (ICUs) continues at 27%, resulting in a large number of bereaved family members being cared for in the ICU. Objectives: To investigate the provision of bereavement care and follow-up services for bereaved families in Danish ICUs. Methodology: Self-administered computerized cross-sectional nation-wide survey of Danish ICUs. Results: Nurses at 46 of 48 (96%) ICUs in Denmark responded. Bereavement care at the time of patient death included viewing the patient in ICU (100%), and in the hospital mortuary (59%). Information about hospital-based follow-up for the family was provided in 72% of units, whereas only one unit provided information on community-based bereavement follow-up. Bereavement follow-up services after hospitalization were offered to families in 59% of ICUs and included an ICU visit, meeting with the staff present at the time of death, a letter of condolence, a phone call to the family, referral to a priest or clergyman, or referral to other counseling. Although many interventions were common, there were variations within the elements offered. Nurses and physicians were the most consistent health care staff involved in bereavement services. Conclusion: Most ICUs in Denmark offered bereavement follow-up services, but these varied in their approach, were not evidence-based, and lacked formal evaluation. More systematic quality improvement of bereavement practices is required.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom52en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto57en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalIntensive and Critical Care Nursingen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume45en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursingen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classifieden_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420599en_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subject.keywordsBereavementen_US
dc.subject.keywordsICU nursingen_US
dc.titleFamily-centered bereavement practices in Danish intensive care units: A cross-sectional national surveyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articlesen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEgerod, I; Kaldan, G; Coombs, M; Mitchell, M, Family-centered bereavement practices in Danish intensive care units: A cross-sectional national survey, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2017, 45, pp. 52-57en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-10-19
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.date.updated2021-11-04T01:52:00Z
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)en_US
gro.rights.copyright© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
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gro.griffith.authorMitchell, Marion L.


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