The family in the intensive care unit in the face of a situational crisis.
Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed)
; 33(1): 4-19, 2022.
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OBJECTIVE: to explore the experience of family members of a relative hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit and recognise their emotions and needs and describe the phases or milestones they go through and the strategies they use to cope with the situations that arise. METHOD: Qualitative study developed under the grounded theory method proposed by Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin. During the period from July 2017 to July 2019, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 relatives of hospitalised patients in fifteen third-level private clinics in the city of Manizales and Medellín, Colombia. In the latter, 200â¯h of participant observation were performed in ICUs of two private third-level clinics. The analysis procedure consisted of a microanalysis of the data and the process of open, axial, and selective coding of the information was continued. RESULTS: We identified that the experience of relatives when they accompany their sick relative in the Intensive Care Unit is represented in two categories: family disorganisation which is characterised by generating a change and mismatch in family dynamics and, family reorganisation in which a restoration of order is sought to cope with the situation. CONCLUSIONS: The family in the Intensive Care Unit develops a situational crisis characterised by intense, varied, and negative emotions and needs that wear down the relatives. Faced with this, family members undertake a reorganisation process to restore the order of family dynamics to cope with the situation and overcome difficulties.
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MEDLINE
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Familia
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Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
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Humans
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En
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Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed)
Año:
2022
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Article
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España