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  • What are the needs and preferences of patients and family members discharged from the emergency department within 24 hours? A qualitative study towards a family-centred approach

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    Author(s)
    Østervang, Christina
    Lassen, Annmarie Touborg
    Jensen, Charlotte Myhre
    Coyne, Elisabeth
    Dieperink, Karin Brochstedt
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Coyne, Elisabeth
    Dieperink, Karin
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    Objective There is an increase in patients being discharged after short stays in the emergency department, but there is limited knowledge of their perspectives on treatment and care. This study aims to explore and understand the needs and preferences of emergency care from the perspective of patients and family members discharged from the emergency department within 24 hours of admission. Design The study reports from the first phase in an overall participatory design project. Systematic text condensation was used to identify key themes from field observations and interviews with patients and family members. Setting This ...
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    Objective There is an increase in patients being discharged after short stays in the emergency department, but there is limited knowledge of their perspectives on treatment and care. This study aims to explore and understand the needs and preferences of emergency care from the perspective of patients and family members discharged from the emergency department within 24 hours of admission. Design The study reports from the first phase in an overall participatory design project. Systematic text condensation was used to identify key themes from field observations and interviews with patients and family members. Setting This study was conducted in two emergency departments in the Region of Southern Denmark. Participants All adults aged ≥18 years who had been discharged from the emergency department within 24 hours were eligible to take part. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit patients and family members with different sociodemographic features. Results Field observational studies (n=50 hours), individual interviews with patients (N=19) and family members (N=3), and joint interviews with patients and family members (N=4) were carried out. Four themes were derived from the material: (1) being in a vulnerable place—having emotional concerns; (2) having a need for person-centred information; (3) the atmosphere in the emergency department and (4) implications of family presence. Conclusion This study demonstrates a gap between patients’ and family members’ needs and preferences and what current emergency departments deliver. The findings highlight the importance of family and person-centred care. Tailored communication and information with genuine involvement of family members is found to be essential needs during acute illness.
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    Journal Title
    BMJ Open
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    11
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050694
    Copyright Statement
    © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
    Subject
    Nursing
    Clinical sciences
    Emergency medicine
    Public health
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410125
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