Family Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units

In addition to usual care, families in the intervention group will receive (1) specialist nurse support along the patient pathway at defined time-points, from admission to discharge including follow-up care, and (2) nurse-coordinated liaison and structured, interprofessional communication by the ICU team. The intervention is grounded in a family systems approach and guideline-based strategies for family engagement in the ICU and has been pilot-tested in one ICU.