Abstract

Background: Family-centered care is a partnership approach to health care in which there is a close relationship between personnel and patient family. In such conditions, not only the patient but also the family and health care providers can benefit from its advantages. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect of family-centered care on the satisfaction of patient families in the intensive care unit. Methods: This study was a case-control, experimental study. In this research, 30 patients were selected by purposive sampling method and were classified into two interventional and control groups. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS software (version 16) by independent t-test and chi-square (X2). Results: Results showed that in the pre-test stage, there was no significant difference between interventional and control groups (P=0.77). While, in the past-test stage, there was a significant difference between both studied groups (P=0.04). Moreover, in term of family-centered care level, there was a significant difference between the both groups (P=0.002). Conclusion: Due to the fact that the patients in the intensive care unit require to get the services, family-centered cares based on care planning can help to increase the compliance and satisfaction of the patients.