Summary: Background: Informational support to family members of ICU patients has significant potential for reducing their psychological distress, enabling them to better cope and support the patient.Objectives: To describe family member perception of informational support, anxiety, satisfaction with care, and their interrelationships, to guide further refinement of a local informational support initiative and its eventual evaluation.Methodology/design: This cross-sectional descriptive correlational pilot study collected data from a convenience sample of 29 family members using self-report questionnaires.Setting: 22-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit of a 659-bed university affiliated teaching hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Results: Mean informational support, assessed with a mo…

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