ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Family-centered interventions and patient outcomes in the adult intensive care unit: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Authors' conclusion
Nearly two-thirds of RCTs evaluating family-centered interventions in the adult ICU reported positive patient-related outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Adult critical care setting (randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of family-centered interventions reporting patient-related outcomes)
- Participants
- 12,174 participants · 28 RCTs
- Comparison
- Family-centred interventions vs control in the adult intensive care unit (ICU)
- Outcome
- RCTs reporting ≥1 positive patient-related outcome
Methodological detailsSearched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library from inception until July 3, 2023
- Searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library from inception until July 3, 2023
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
RCTs reporting ≥1 positive outcome from the intervention
16 RCTs
57%
Further pooled results
Intervention types
- Receiving care and meeting needs
- 10
- Family presence
- 7
Patient-reported outcomes
- Improvements reported in anxiety, satisfaction, post-traumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-related quality of life
Physiological and clinical outcomes
- Improvements reported in physiological indices, adverse events, mechanical ventilation duration, analgesia use, ICU LOS, delirium, and time to withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments
Original publication
Family-centered interventions and patient outcomes in the adult intensive care unit: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. J Crit Care. Published 17 May 2024. doi:10.
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