Nurses' attitudes towards family importance in nursing care across Europe

Mahdi Shamali; Nuria Esandi Larramendi; Birte Østergaard; Maria Barbieri-Figueiredo; Anne Brødsgaard; Ana Canga-Armayor; Karin Brochstedt Dieperink; Cristina Garcia-Vivar; Hanne Konradsen; Bente Nordtug; Veronica Lambert; Romy Mahrer-Imhof; Sabine Metzing; Martin Nagl-Cupal; Lorenz Imhof; Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir; Veronica Swallow; Marie Louise Luttik

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Nurses' attitudes towards family importance in nursing care across Europe

Mahdi Shamali, Nuria Esandi Larramendi, Birte Østergaard, Maria Barbieri-Figueiredo, Anne Brødsgaard, Ana Canga-Armayor, Karin Brochstedt Dieperink, Cristina Garcia-Vivar, Hanne Konradsen, Bente Nordtug, Veronica Lambert, Romy Mahrer-Imhof, Sabine Metzing, Martin Nagl-Cupal, Lorenz Imhof, Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir, Veronica Swallow, Marie Louise Luttik

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: To explore differences in nurses' attitudes regarding the importance of family in nursing care and factors associated with nurses' attitudes across 11 European countries.

BACKGROUND: Family involvement in healthcare has received attention in many European healthcare systems. Nurses have a unique opportunity to promote family involvement in healthcare; however, their attitudes and beliefs may facilitate or impede this practice.

DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey across European countries.

METHOD: A broad convenience sample of 8112 nurses across 11 European countries was recruited from October 2017 to December 2019. Data were collected using the Families' Importance in Nursing Care-Nurses' Attitudes (FINC-NA) questionnaire. We used the STROBE checklist to report the results.

RESULTS: There were significant differences in nurses' attitudes about families' importance in nursing care across Europe. Country was the factor with the strongest association with the total scores of the FINC-NA. Older age, higher level of education, increased years since graduation, having a strategy for the care of families in the workplace, and having experience of illness within one's own family were associated with a higher total FINC-NA score. Being male and working in a hospital or other clinical settings were associated with a lower total FINC-NA score.

CONCLUSION: Nurses' attitudes regarding the importance of family in nursing care vary across 11 European countries. This study highlights multiple factors associated with nurses' attitudes. Further research is necessary to gain a deeper understanding of the reasons for nurses' different attitudes and to develop a strong theoretical framework across Europe to support family involvement in patient care. The inclusion of family healthcare programs in the baccalaureate curriculum may improve nurses' attitudes.

RELEVANCE FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE: In clinical practice, the focus should be on identifying influencing factors on nurses' attitudes to enhance families' importance in nursing care across Europe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4574-4585
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Clinical Nursing
Volume	32
Issue number	15-16
Early online date	11 Jul 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16456
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2022

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family
attitudes
Europe

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Shamali, M., Esandi Larramendi, N., Østergaard, B., Barbieri-Figueiredo, M., Brødsgaard, A., Canga-Armayor, A., Dieperink, K. B., Garcia-Vivar, C., Konradsen, H., Nordtug, B., Lambert, V., Mahrer-Imhof, R., Metzing, S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Imhof, L., Svavarsdottir, E. K., Swallow, V., & Luttik, M. L. (2022). Nurses' attitudes towards family importance in nursing care across Europe. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(15-16), 4574-4585. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16456

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Shamali, M, Esandi Larramendi, N, Østergaard, B, Barbieri-Figueiredo, M, Brødsgaard, A, Canga-Armayor, A, Dieperink, KB, Garcia-Vivar, C, Konradsen, H, Nordtug, B, Lambert, V, Mahrer-Imhof, R, Metzing, S, Nagl-Cupal, M, Imhof, L, Svavarsdottir, EK, Swallow, V & Luttik, ML 2022, 'Nurses' attitudes towards family importance in nursing care across Europe', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol. 32, no. 15-16, pp. 4574-4585. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16456

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