Official Title: Family Caregiver Participation in Hospital Care in Ghana a Mixed Methods Study
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2024-10
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Brief Summary: This mixed methods study aims to understand family care participation in the adult medicine wards of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Ghana The main questions it aims to answer from the perspective of the patient family caregiver nurse doctor ward assistant and hospital administrator are
1 What is the role of the family caregiver in hospital care 2 What is the perceived effect of family participation in hospital care 3 What are the barriers and facilitators experienced in family participation 4 What are suggestions for family participation interventions
These questions will be answered with three study arms
1 A prospective observational cohort population patients and family caregivers 2 A time and motion study population nurses and doctors 3 Interviews and focus group discussions population patients family caregivers nurses doctors ward assistants and hospital administrators