Authors
Elisa Ambrosi, Catia Biavati, Annamaria Guarnier, Paolo Barelli, Paola Zambiasi, Elisabetta Allegrini, Letizia Bazoli, Paola Casson, Meri Marin, Marisa Padovan, Michele Picogna, Patrizia Taddia, Daniele Salmaso, Paolo Chiari, Tiziana Frison, Oliva Marognolli, Carla Benaglio, Federica Canzan, Luisa Saiani, Alvisa Palese, ESAMED Group
Publication date
2017/3
Journal
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Volume
31
Issue
1
Pages
85-95
Description
Background
Informal caregiving offered by family members has been widely studied in the community setting, but little attention to date has been dedicated to that offered at the hospital level.
Aims
To describe the proportion of patients admitted to acute medical units receiving care from informal caregivers as decided by the family and to identify the factors affecting the numbers of care shifts performed by informal caregivers.
Design and methods
A longitudinal study was performed involving 12 acute medical units located in 12 northern Italian hospitals.
Results
All patients (N = 1464) admitted to medical units were included, and 77.1% of them received at least one shift of informal care during their in‐hospital stay, especially during the mornings and afternoons. At the patient level, those at higher risk of prolonged hospitalisation and difficult discharge at admission, and those reporting higher occurrence of adverse …
Scholar articles
E Ambrosi, C Biavati, A Guarnier, P Barelli, P Zambiasi… - Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2017