ObjectiveTo analyze the related factors affecting the readiness of primary caregivers in ICU transferred patients.

MethodsPrimary caregivers in ICU transferred patients were selected as the study subjects.According to the score using care preparedness scale (CPS), the primary caregivers of ICU transferred patients were divided into the CPS ≤ 16 group and the CPS>16 group.The basic information of the two groups, including gender, age, education, family income, care experience, the degree of understanding the patient's disease knowledge, the relationship with the patient and the patient's health condition such as the activities of daily living scale living (ADL)score, simplified Fugl-Meyer motor function score, mini-mental state examination (MMSE)score were compared.Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the related factors affecting the readiness of primary caregivers in ICU transferred patients.

ResultsAmong the 120 caregivers of ICU transferred patients, 55 patients had the CPS scores less than or equal to 16 points(CPS ≤ 16) and 65 patients had the CPS scores greater than 16 points (CPS>16).There was no significant difference in gender, family income, and relationship between patients in the two groups(P>0.05).The age in CPS ≤ 16 group was significantly higher than that in CPS>16 group(P < 0.01).The education level, care experience and the degree of understanding the patients' disease knowledge in CPS ≤ 16 group were significantly lower than those in CPS>16 group (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01).The ADL score, simplified Fugl-Meyer motor function score, and MMSE score of patients with CPS ≤ 16 were significantly lower than those with CPS> 16(P < 0.01).After multivariate logistic regression analysis, the age of the primary caregiver, the education level of the primary caregiver, the understanding of the primary caregiver's knowledge of the patient's disease, the patient's ADL score, the patient's simplified Fugl-Meyer motor function score and the patient's MMSE score were the risk factors of readiness of primary caregivers in ICU transferred patients (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01).There was no correlation between the care experience of primary caregivers and the readiness of primary caregivers of ICU transferredred patients(P>0.05).

ConclusionsThe age, education level, the degree of understanding the patient's disease knowledge of the primary caregiver, and the health condition of the patients are the related factors that affect the readiness of primary caregiver of ICU transferredred patients, which can be based on by targeted interventions in clinic.