Factors Related to Transitional Stress among the Relatives when Transferring Neuro-Critically Ill Patients from Intensive Care Units to General Wards

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Asadangphon Monwan
Niphawan Samartkit
Khemaradee Masingboon

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Transferring neuro-critically ill patients from intensive care unit to general ward leads patients’ relatives to be stressful. This descriptive study described transitional stress and examined the relationship between perceived severity of illness, hope, caregiving preparedness, and quality of teaching with transitional stress among relatives during the transfer of neuro-critically ill patients from intensive care units to general wards. The sample were the relatives of neuro-critically ill patients who were treated at affiliated hospitals of Bangkok Hospital group. 84 participants were recruited by defining a collecting data period and selected samples following inclusion criteria. The research instruments included The Demographic Questionnaire, The Family Relocation Stress Scale, The Perceived Severity of Illness Scale. The Herth Hope Index, The Preparedness of Caregiving Scale, and The Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients. The result showed that the stress levels of relatives of neurological critically ill patients during patient transfers from the intensive care unit to general wards were low (M=34.69, SD=7.65). The perceived severity of illness was positively correlated with transitional stress (r=.22, p<.05). Hope, caregiving preparedness, and quality of teaching were negatively correlated with transitional stress (r=-.44, p< .001; r=-.63, p<.001; r=-.36, p<.01), respectively. The study suggests that nurses who caring for patients in critical care units should develop nursing interventions to continuously assess relatives' perceived severity of illness, develop guidelines for providing consistent caregiving information and support the relatives to maintain hope. Moreover, effective nursing intervention should promote the preparedness of the relatives for caregiving responsibilities through quality teaching and information provision while patients are treated in the critical care unit. To enhance their readiness of caregiver’s roles when patients are transferred out of critical care unit.

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Monwan A, Samartkit N, Masingboon K. Factors Related to Transitional Stress among the Relatives when Transferring Neuro-Critically Ill Patients from Intensive Care Units to General Wards. NJPH (วารสาร พ.ส.) [internet]. 2024 Dec. 25 [cited 2025 Feb. 13];34(3):40-54. available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnaph/article/view/272849
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