ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Important features of hospitals, intensive care unit waiting rooms, and patient care rooms: perspectives of intensive care unit visitors
Authors' conclusion
Intensive care unit visitors prioritized pragmatic environmental elements.
Study context
- Population
- Visitors in four adult intensive care unit (ICUs) in Ontario, Canadasurveys analysed
- Participants
- 224 participants
- Outcome
- Rated importance of 58 items relating to patient rooms, waiting room and hospital facilities (5-point scale, "not at all important" to "extremely important")
Methodological detailssurvey, multicentre, Descriptive statistics
- Survey
- Multicentre
- Descriptive statistics
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Items rated "extremely important" or "very important"
- Hospital: directional signage
- 82%
- Hospital: convenient parking
- 80%
- Hospital: discounted parking
- 80%
- Hospital: healthy and affordable food
- 78%
- ICU waiting room: 24/7 visitation
- 92%
- ICU waiting room: convenient restrooms
- 87%
- ICU waiting room: water dispenser
- 83%
- ICU waiting room: Wi-Fi
- 80%
- ICU patient room: seating for visitors
- 92%
- ICU patient room: access to natural light
- 78%
- ICU patient room: access to fresh air
- 74%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Respondent characteristics
- Female
- 60%
- Age range
- 14-87 yr
- Children of patient
- 41%
- Spouse/partner of patient
- 23%
- Lived >30 km from hospital
- 51%
- Spent ≥1 night in ICU waiting room
- 30%
- Nights spent in hospital, median (range)
- 2 (1-20)
Original publication
Important features of hospitals, intensive care unit waiting rooms, and patient care rooms: perspectives of intensive care unit visitors. Can J Anaesth. Published 19 November 2024. doi:10.
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