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  • Bassford, ChrisWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK (author)

Developing an intervention around referral and admissions to intensive care : a mixed-methods study

  • BookEnglish2019

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  • Southampton, UK :NIHR Journals Library,2019
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:oru-83987
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-83987URI

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  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

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  • Subject category:vet swepub-contenttype
  • Subject category:rap swepub-publicationtype

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  • Health Services and Delivery Research,2050-43492050-4357 ;7

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  • Background: Intensive care treatment can be life-saving, but it is invasive and distressing for patients receiving it and it is not always successful. Deciding whether or not a patient will benefit from intensive care is a difficult clinical and ethical challenge.Objectives: To explore the decision-making process for referral and admission to the intensive care unit and to develop and test an intervention to improve it.Methods: A mixed-methods study comprising (1) two systematic reviews investigating the factors associated with decisions to admit patients to the intensive care unit and the experiences of clinicians, patients and families; (2) observation of decisions and interviews with intensive care unit doctors, referring doctors, and patients and families in six NHS trusts in the Midlands, UK; (3) a choice experiment survey distributed to UKintensive care unit consultants and critical care outreach nurses, eliciting their preferences for factors used in decision-making for intensive care unit admission; (4) development of a decision-support intervention informed by the previous work streams, including an ethical framework for decision-making and supporting referral and decision-support forms and patient and family information leaflets. Implementation feasibility was tested in three NHS trusts; (5) development and testing of a tool to evaluate the ethical quality of decision-making related to intensive care unit admission, based on the assessment of patient records The tool was tested for inter-rater and intersite reliability in 120 patient records.Results: Influences on decision-making identified in the systematic review and ethnographic study included age, presence of chronic illness, functional status, presence of a do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation order, referring specialty, referrer seniority and intensive care unit bed availability. Intensive care unit doctors used a gestalt assessment of the patient when making decisions. The choice experiment showed that age was the most important factor in consultants’ and critical care outreach nurses’ preferences for admission. The ethnographic study illuminated the complexity of the decision-making process, and the importanceof interprofessional relationships and good communication between teams and with patients and families. Doctors found it difficult to articulate and balance the benefits and burdens of intensive care unit treatment for a patient. There was low uptake of the decision-support intervention, although doctors who used it noted that it improved articulation of reasons for decisions and communication with patients.Limitations: Limitations existed in each of the component studies; for example, we had difficulty recruiting patients and families in our qualitative work. However, the project benefited from a mixed-method approachthat mitigated the potential limitations of the component studies. Conclusions: Decision-making surrounding referral and admission to the intensive care unit is complex. This study has provided evidence and resources to help clinicians and organisations aiming to improve thedecision-making for and, ultimately, the care of critically ill patients.Future work: Further research is needed into decision-making practices, particularly in how best to engage with patients and families during the decision process. The development and evaluation of trainingfor clinicians involved in these decisions should be a priority for future work.

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  • Griffiths, FrancesWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Svantesson, Mia,1960-Örebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper,Region Örebro län,University Health Care Research Center(Swepub:oru)maso (author)
  • Ryan, MandyHealth Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK (author)
  • Krucien, NicolasHealth Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK (author)
  • Dale, JeremyWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Rees, SophieWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Rees, KarenWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Ignatowicz, AgnieszkaWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (author)
  • Parsons, HelenWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Flowers, NadineWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Fritz, JoeWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Department of Acute Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK; The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (author)
  • Perkins, GavinWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (author)
  • Quinton, SarahWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; ealth Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK (author)
  • Symons, Sarah (author)
  • White, Catherine (author)
  • Huang, HuayiWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Turner, JakeWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Brooke, MikeWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • McCreedy, AimeeWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Blake, CarolineWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Slowhter, AnneWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (author)
  • Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UKWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (creator_code:org_t)

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