ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Measuring family engagement in intensive care: Validation of the FAMily Engagement (FAME) tool
Authors' conclusion
The FAME tool demonstrated reliability, convergent, and predictive validity in this multicenter ICU cohort.
Study context
- Population
- Family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients in 8 Canadian ICUsincluded in the analysis
- Participants
- 269 members
- Outcome
- Validation of the FAME tool: internal consistency (reliability), convergent validity and predictive validity
Methodological detailsvalidation study, multicentre
- Validation study
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
FAME score (0-100, higher = more engagement) and reliability/validity
Overall mean FAME score
77.7 ± 14.8
Internal consistency (Cronbach's α)
0.83
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Measuring family engagement in intensive care: Validation of the FAME tool. J Crit Care. Published 3 March 2025. doi:10.
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