Barriers to regaining control within a constructivist grounded theory of family resilience in <scp>ICU</scp>: Living with uncertainty

Abstract

The findings reveal in-depth understanding of families' uncertainty in intensive care. It suggests that intensive care unit staff need to focus clinical interventions on reducing factors that heighten their uncertainty, while optimising strategies that help alleviate it. Families are facilitated to move beyond feelings of helplessness and loss of control, and cope better with their situation.