1. The concept of a surrogate is ill adapted to intensive care: Criteria for recognizing a reference person
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Jean-Philippe Rigaud, François Bougerol, Corinne Quesnel, Stéphanie Gelinotte, Nicolas Meunier-Beillard, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Pierre-Louis Declercq, Jean-Baptiste Hardy, Jean-Pierre Eraldi, Fiona Ecarnot, Hervé Devilliers, Centre hospitalier de Dieppe, Centre Georges Chevrier. Savoirs : Normes & Sensibilités (FRE3499) ( CGC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ), Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1432 (Dijon) - Epidemiologie Clinique/Essais Cliniques ( CIC-EC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Service de médecine interne et maladies systémiques (SOC 2) [CHU de Dijon], Marqueurs pronostiques et facteurs de régulations des pathologies cardiaques et vasculaires - UFC ( PCVP / CARDIO ), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ) -Université de Franche-Comté ( UFC ) -Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Besançon] ( CHRU Besançon ), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) ( LNC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon ( ENSBANA ), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Centre Georges Chevrier. Sociétés & Sensibilités [Dijon - UMR7366] (CGC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Investigation Clinique 1432 (Dijon) - Epidemiologie Clinique/Essais Cliniques (CIC-EC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Marqueurs pronostiques et facteurs de régulations des pathologies cardiaques et vasculaires - UFC ( EA 3920) (PCVP / CARDIO), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) (LNC), and Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon (ENSBANA)
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Adult ,Male ,Unit patients ,Designation ,Critical Care ,Medical information ,Decision Making ,Patient Advocacy ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Patient advocacy ,law.invention ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,law ,Physicians ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Intensive care ,[ SDV.MHEP ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Young adult ,Family-members ,Aged ,Response rate (survey) ,Ethics ,business.industry ,Questionnaire ,Surrogate ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Middle Aged ,Intensive care unit ,Proxy ,3. Good health ,Caregivers ,030228 respiratory system ,Scale (social sciences) ,Respondent ,Symptoms ,Female ,business ,[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology - Abstract
IF 2.445; International audience; Purpose: In the intensive care unit (ICU), caregivers may find it difficult to identify a suitable person in the patient's entourage to serve as a reference when there is no official surrogate.Methods: We developed a 12-item questionnaire to identify factors potentially important for caregivers when identifying a reference person. Each criterion was evaluated as regards its importance for the role of reference. Responses were on a scale of 0 (not important) to 10 (extremely important). We recorded respondent's age, job title, and number of years' ICU experience. The questionnaire was distributed to all health care professionals in 2 French ICUs.Results: Among 144 staff, 128 were contacted; 99 completed the questionnaire (77% response rate; 20 physicians [ 11 residents], 51 nurses, 28 nurse's aides). Items classed as most important attributes for a reference person were knowledge of patient's wishes and values, emotional attachment, adequate understanding of the clinical history, and designation as a surrogate before admission. There were no significant differences according to respondent's age, job title, or experience.Conclusion: Caregivers identify a reference person based on criteria such as knowledge of the patient's wishes, emotional bond with the patient, an adequate understanding of the clinical history, and designation as surrogate before admission. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- 2016
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