{"id":782,"date":"2011-08-07T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T04:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/eolcare\/pubs\/?page_id=782"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T22:51:39","slug":"family-conference-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/eolcare\/past-research\/family-conference-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Conference Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improving Clinician-Family Communication in the ICU<\/strong>
\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0 JR Curtis
\nResearch Grant:\u00a0 National Institute of Health \/ NINR, October 1999 to September 2002<\/p>\n

The long-term goal of this proposal has been to improve the quality of communication between clinicians (nurses and physicians) and families about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU).\u00a0 The primary objectives were: 1) to describe the content and process of clinician-family communication about end-of-life care occurring as part of ICU family conferences using qualitative analysis and 2) to evaluate the quality of clinician-family communication about end-of-life care occurring as part of ICU family conferences using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. \u00a0Secondary objectives were to examine the reliability and validity of a questionnaire assessing the quality of clinician-family communication about end-of-life care in the ICU and to develop curricula for nurses and physicians to improve the quality of clinician-family communication about end-of-life care in the ICU.<\/p>\n

Improving the Quality of Clinician-Family Communication in the ICU for Non-English Speaking Families<\/strong>
\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0 JR Curtis
\nResearch Grant:\u00a0 Open Society Institute Project on Death in America, August 2001 to July 2003<\/p>\n

The long term goal was to identify effective strategies for cross-cultural communication around end-of-life care and develop expertise in cross-cultural health care research.\u00a0 The specific objectives were:\u00a0 1) to assess the content of clinician-family communication about end-of-life care during ICU family conferences involving interpreters and compare it to communication in family conferences without interpreters; 2) to assess the quality of physician-family cross-cultural communication about end-of-life care during family conferences involving interpreters and compare it to communication in family conferences without interpreters; and 3) to examine the perspective of language interpreters on cultural competence of clinicians conducting ICU family conferences.<\/p>\n

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Publications from these studies include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

White DB, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Lo B, Curtis JR.\u00a0 The language of prognostication in intensive care units.
\nMed Decis Making<\/em>. 2010; 30:76-83. Epub 2008 Aug 27.<\/p>\n

White DB, Malvar G, Karr J, Lo B, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Expanding the paradigm of the physician\u2019s role in surrogate decision-making: an empirically derived framework.\u00a0\u00a0Crit Care Med<\/em>. 2010; 38:743-750.<\/p>\n

Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Responding to families’ questions about the meaning of physical movements in critically ill patients.\u00a0 J Crit Care<\/em>. 2008 Dec;23(4):565-71.<\/p>\n

Thornton JD, Pham K, Engelberg RA, Jackson JC, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Families with limited English proficiency receive less information and support in interpreted intensive care unit family conferences.\u00a0 Crit Care Med<\/em>. 2009 Jan;37(1):89-95.<\/p>\n

Curtis JR, White DB. Practical guidance for evidence-based ICU family conferences.\u00a0 Chest<\/em>. 2008 Oct;134(4):835-43. Review.<\/p>\n

Selph RB, Shiang J, Engelberg R, Curtis JR, White DB.\u00a0 Empathy and life support decisions in intensive care units.
\nJ Gen Intern Med<\/em>. 2008 Sep;23(9):1311-7.<\/p>\n

Pham K, Thornton JD, Engelberg RA, Jackson JC, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Alterations during medical interpretation of ICU family conferences that interfere with or enhance communication.\u00a0 Chest<\/em>. 2008 Jul;134(1):109-16. Epub 2008 Mar 17.<\/p>\n

White DB, Braddock CH 3rd, Bereknyei S, Curtis JR. Toward shared decision making at the end of life in intensive care units: opportunities for improvement.\u00a0 Arch Intern Med<\/em>. 2007 Mar 12;167(5):461-7.<\/p>\n

White DB, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Lo B, Curtis JR. Prognostication during physician-family discussions about limiting life support in intensive care units. Crit Care Med. 2007 Feb;35(2):442-8.<\/p>\n

Hsieh HF, Shannon SE, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Contradictions and communication strategies during end-of-life decision making in the intensive care unit.\u00a0 J Crit Care<\/em>. 2006 Dec;21(4):294-304.<\/p>\n

Stapleton RD, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Goss CH, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Clinician statements and family satisfaction with family conferences in the intensive care unit.\u00a0 Crit Care Med<\/em>. 2006 Jun;34(6):1679-85.<\/p>\n

Norris WM, Wenrich MD, Nielsen EL, Treece PD, Jackson JC, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Communication about end-of-life care between language-discordant patients and clinicians: insights from medical interpreters.\u00a0 J Palliat Med<\/em>. 2005 Oct;8(5):1016-24.<\/p>\n

West HF, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Curtis JR.\u00a0 Expressions of nonabandonment during the intensive care unit family conference.\u00a0\u00a0J Palliat Med<\/em>. 2005 Aug;8(4):797-807.<\/p>\n

Curtis JR, Engelberg, RA, Wenrich MD, Shannon SE, Treece PD, Rubenfeld GD.\u00a0\u00a0 Missed opportunities during family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. J Respir Crit Care Med<\/em>. 2005; 171: 844-849.<\/p>\n

McDonagh JR, Elliott TB, Engelberg RA, Treece PD, Shannon SE, Rubenfeld GD, Patrick DL, Curtis JR.\u00a0\u00a0Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the ICU: Increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction.\u00a0 Crit Care Med. 2004; 32:1484-1488.<\/p>\n

Curtis JR, Engelberg RA, Wenrich MD, Nielsen EL, Shannon SE, Treece PD, Tonelli MR, Patrick DL, Robins LS, McGrath BB, Rubenfeld GD.\u00a0 Studying communication about end-of-life care during the ICU family conference: development of a framework.\u00a0 J Crit Care<\/em>. 2002;17:147-160.<\/p>\n

Curtis JR, Patrick DL, Shannon SE, Treece PD, Engelberg RA, Rubenfeld GD.\u00a0 The family conference as a focus to improve communication about end-of-life care in the ICU: opportunities for improvement.\u00a0 Crit Care Med<\/em>. 2001; 29:N26-33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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