Publications by authors named "R ENGELBERG"
Context: Critically-ill patients and their families often experience communication challenges during their ICU stay and across transitions in care. An intervention using communication facilitators may help address these challenges.
Objectives: Using clinicians' perspectives, we identified facilitators and barriers to implementing a communication intervention.
Article Synopsis
- - Falls are a common and serious issue for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to higher rates of illness, death, and health care costs; identifying medication factors that increase fall risk is critical for prevention strategies.
- - A study analyzed health records of over 8,200 COPD patients who died between 2014-2018, finding that 30% had experienced an injurious fall in the two years prior, with 65% taking fall-risk increasing drugs (FRIDs).
- - The research indicates a higher likelihood of falls among patients prescribed certain medications like anticonvulsants and antipsychotics, suggesting a need for collaboration among healthcare providers to review and adjust medication use for better safety outcomes.
Purpose: For the first time in France, a randomised controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of a nurse facilitator on family psychological symptoms. We sought to explore the implementation of the intervention, how it was experienced by clinicians, as well as the barriers and facilitators to implementing the change.
Methods: We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians and facilitators involved in the trial.
Context: Seriously ill patients, such as those who experience critical illness, and their families experience a variety of poor outcomes, including financial hardship. However, little is known about the ways in which these seriously ill patients and their families experience financial hardship.
Objective: To examine seriously ill patients' and families' experiences of financial hardship and perspectives on addressing these concerns during and after critical illness.