NDLI: Mismatch between physicians and family members views on communications about patients with chronic incurable diseases receiving care in critical and intensive care settings in Georgia: a quantitative observational survey

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Author	Chikhladze, Nana Janberidze, Elene Velijanashvili, Mariam Chkhartishvili, Nikoloz Jintcharadze, Memed Verne, Julia Kordzaia, Dimitri
Abstract	Background Physicians working in critical and intensive care settings encounter death of chronic incurable patients on a daily basis; however they have scant skills on how to communicate with the patients and their family members. The aim of the present survey is to examine communication of critical and intensive care physicians with patients’ family members receiving treatment due to chronic incurable diseases/conditions and to compare the views of families with physicians working in critical and intensive care settings. Methods The survey was conducted in four cities of Georgia (Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Telavi) in 2014. Physicians working in critical and intensive care settings and family members were asked to fill in separate questionnaires, covering various aspects of communication including patients’ prognosis, ways of death occurrence, treatment plans and religion. Participants ranked their responses on a scale ranging from “0” to “10”, where “0” represented “never” and “10”-“always”. After data collection, responses were recoded into three categories: 0–3 = never/rarely, 4–7 = somewhat and 8–10 = often/always. Differences were tested using Pearson’s chi-square or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate. P value of < 0.05 was considered as significant. Results Sixty-five physicians and 59 patients’ family members participated in this cross-sectional study. Majority of their responses was statistically significantly different. Only one quarter (23.7 %) of family members of patients receiving medical aid in critical and intensive care settings were satisfied with the communication level. In contrast, 78.5 % of physicians considered their communication with families as positive (p < 0.0001). Conclusions The survey revealed the mismatch between the views on communication of critical and intensive care settings physicians and family members of the patients with chronic incurable diseases receiving care in critical and intensive care settings. In order to provide the best care for chronic incurable patients and their family members, physicians working in critical and intensive care settings must have relevant clinical knowledge and ability to provide effective communication. Present results reflect important potential targets for educational interventions including critical and intensive care physicians training through online modules.
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DOI	10.1186/s12904-016-0135-2
Journal	BMC Palliative Care
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	15
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2016-07-22
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Pain Medicine Quality of Life Research Palliative Medicine Observational survey Critical/Intensive care physicians Patients’ family members Palliative care Mismatch in views on communications
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine
Journal Impact Factor	2.5/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.2/2023

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