Development and pilot implementation of a patient-oriented discharge summary for critically Ill patients

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participating patients and family-caregivers who received the patient-oriented discharge summary and completed the follow-up survey

		Number of participants (n)
		Patients total n = 9	Family caregivers total n = 6
Age, mean (range)		63 (54-69)	62 (40-70)
Female		6 (66.7%)	5 (83.3%)
Education	High school or less	3 (33.3%)	1 (16.7%)
	Some post-secondary	2 (22.2.%)	3 (50.0%)
	Post-secondary	4 (44.4%)	2 (33.3%)

Table 2 Clinician semi-structured survey quantitative results (n = 10)

		Total responses, n = 10
Respondents	Nurse practitioner	3 (30.0%)
	Registered nurse	4 (40.0%)
	Unknown/response missing	3 (30.0%)
Role in PODS-ICU implementation	Completed and delivered1	9 (90.0%)
	Completed only	1 (10.0%)
Main PODS-ICU delivery recipient	Patient only	4 (40.0%)
	Friend/family only	2 (20.0%)
	Patient and family/friend	4 (40.0%)
Time taken to complete PODS-ICU	0-15 min	3 (30.0%)
	16-30 min	3 (30.0%)
	31-45 min	1 (10.0%)
	46-60 min	0 (0.00%)
	61+ min	2 (20.0%)
	Unknown/response missing	1 (10.0%)
Time spent discussing PODS-ICU with recipient	0-15 min	6 (60.0%)
	16-30 min	0 (0.00%)
	31-45 min	1 (10.0%)
	46-60 min	1 (10.0%)
	61+ min	0 (0.00%)
	Unknown/response missing	2 (20.0%)

¹Delivered (in role in patient-oriented discharge summary (PODS-ICU) refers to whether a teach-back session was conducted or whether the ICU nurse only completed the PODS-ICU). PODS: Patient-oriented discharge summary; ICU: Intensive care unit.