Arabic translation and adaptation of Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey

Abstract

This Arabic translation and adaptation of the CCFSS is a valid, reliable and feasible tool to evaluate family satisfaction in Saudi Arabian intensive care units.

The satisfaction of families in the care of their loved ones in CCUs in Lebanon

“…The findings further provide support to reliability and validity of the CCFSS in assessing the satisfaction of families with patient care in the CCUs. A few earlier studies have likewise noted the internal consistency and discriminate validity of the CCFSS in different populations (Wasser et al , ; ; Brown & Hijazi, ) with slight variations in the inter‐item reliabilities and factor loadings of the constructs. For example, Wasser et al .…”

“…A mean subscale score is calculated for each subscale (range: 1–5), and a total satisfaction score (range: 5–25) is computed by summing the five subscale scores. Higher scores indicate a greater satisfaction as perceived by a patient's family member (Wasser et al , ; ; Brown & Hijazi, ). Two questions were added to the instrument; one asking about the religious affiliation of the participant and the second asking whether the presence of a religious person in the hospital is needed.…”

“…The CCFSS measures family satisfaction with the care patients receive in an ICU (Wasser et al, 2001;2004). Psychometric properties of the CCFSS have been reported in a few studies (Wasser et al, 2001;2004;Brown & Hijazi, 2008;Karlsson et al, 2011;Hickman et al, 2012, Baharoon et al, 2014. The survey has two parts; the first collects socio-demographic information: age of the respondent, gender, education, relationship to the patient, residency (far or close to the hospital), age of patient, previous experience with a hospitalized relative in a CCU and diagnosis.…”

“…In this study, the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey (CCFSS), a shorter 20‐item survey based on the CCFNI was used. The CCFSS, which assesses family members' satisfaction with care, has been used and validated in a few studies (Wasser et al , ; ; Brown & Hijazi, ; Karlsson et al , ; Baharoon et al , ).…”

Family satisfaction with critical care: measurements and messages

“…Table 1 gives an overview of these tools. Note that the instruments not-only differ in the number of items and domains covered, but also in the extent of psychometric testing [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”