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Family
opinion regarding their presence with the physicians
during active cardio-pulmonary resuscitation of
their relatives
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Ali Al Bshabshe (1)
Mir Nadeem (2)
Mohammed A. Bahis (3)
Javed Iqbal Wani (2)
Shahid Aziz (2)Zia ul Sabah (2)
Tabinda Ayub shah (4)
(1) Department of Medicine/Critical
Care, College of Medicine, King Khalid University,
Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(2) Department of medicine College of Medicine,
King Khalid University, Abha,
Saudi Arabia
(3) Department of adult critical care, Asir central
hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
(4) Govt. Medical college Srinagar
Corresponding author:
Ali Al Bshabshe
Department of Medicine/Critical Care, College
of Medicine, King Khalid University,
Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: Albshabshe@yahoo.com
Received July 2021. Accepted August 2021. Published
September 1, 2021.Please cite this article as:Bshabshe
A.A. et al. Family opinion regarding their presence
with the physicians during active
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation of their relatives.
Middle East J Intern Med 2021; 14(2): 3-8 DOI:
10.5742/MEJIM2020.93796.
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ABSTRACT
Background: Family presence
during resuscitation has been a controversial
topic ever since it was first introduced. Despite
claims that it may exaggerate the burden on health
care workers, this practice is widely gaining
attention and a lot of evidence
refutes these claims. In fact, a number of international
organizations have supported this practice as
being useful and with a positive impact on family
members. There is not a lot of research in this
area in Saudi Arabia and we conducted this research
with this aim.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted
in the Southern Region of Saudi Arabia and 1185
subjects were enrolled. After attaining formal
consent, a pre-formulated questionnaire, formulated
on themes from the literature review, was given
to the subjects which addressed some basic questions
about their opinions regarding family presence
during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Results: Out of the 1,185
respondents, 174 (14.6%) had witnessed Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) of their relatives while 85.3%
had never done so. This study demonstrated that
more than half of the family members (58.9%) expressed
a desire to be with their loved ones during resuscitation.
While 587 (49.5%) people were concerned their
presence in the treatment room may interfere in
the medical help being provided to their relative,
a slight majority i.e. 598 (50.3%) did not agree
with this statement. When asked about the psychological
impact of witnessing the CPR of their relative,
54.6% (650) people said it might affect them negatively
in the long run while 45% (535) did not feel the
same. Moreover, 609 (51.4%) did not feel their
presence in the Emergency Room (ER) would help
the patient in any way while 48.6% agreed that
it may indeed do so. 69.8 % of attendants disagreed
that they would interfere with the medical process
if they were allowed to be present.
Conclusion: This study
supports that FPDR has shown promising benefits
. Therefore, family members must be offered an
option to witness the efforts of the medical team
and their wishes must be respected and it is the
duty of the health care institutions to facilitate
this process .
Key words: FPDR, family
presence, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR
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