Factors associated with nurses' perceptions and self-confidence in relation to family presence during resuscitation: a cross-sectional study in Indonesia

Abstract

Background: The presence of family during resuscitation attempts provides moral and religious support for the patient. It also strengthens the relationship between the family and the health care team, as well as the patients. However, the implementation of this practice remains unclear. Purpose: This study aimed to explore the nurses’ perception and their self-confidence in relation to family presence during resuscitation in Indonesia, in order to adapt the Indonesian version of the Family Presence Risk-Benefit Scale and Family Presence Self-Confidence Scale tools. Methods: The study was cross-sectional, using the Indonesian version of the Family Presence Risk-Benefit Scale and Family Presence SelfConfidence Scale tools. Results: 174 nurses working in the intensive care/intensive cardiac care unit and emergency room at a tertiary referral hospital in Riau Province of Indonesia completed the questionnaire, including the opinion-based questions. Our respondents had neither positive nor negative perceptions of family presence during resuscitation (mean score 3.37; SD 1.00). The Pearson r correlation test showed that nurses who perceived more benefits of this practice are more confident when it comes to implementing it (r = 0.618; P-value 0.000). We found that the only demographic factor determining the nurses’ attitudes toward family-witnessed resuscitation was the number of times they had been involved in a resuscitation scenario. Conclusions: A high self-confidence score in implementing family-witnessed resuscitation was found among our respondents. In fact, most of them had invited family members to witness the resuscitation attempt. However, the nurses had a neutral attitude toward family presence during resuscitation. This study also suggests that nurses will likely support this practice when other doctors also support it.