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Evaluating the needs of military and veterans' families in a polytrauma setting
Kathryn P Wilder Schaaf1, Jeffrey S Kreutzer, Steven J Danish
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VA Commonwealth University, Box 980542, Richmond, VA 23298-0542, USA. wilderkp@vcu.edu
Objective:
To examine the perceived importance of needs and the extent to which they are met among a sample of family members in an inpatient polytrauma setting.
Method:
The Family Needs Questionnaire was administered to 44 family members of patients at the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center at McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center over a 30-month period.
Results:
Families rated health information needs as most important and most frequently met. conversely, family members rated emotional support and instrumental support needs as least important and most frequently unmet.
Conclusion:
Preliminary data suggest that the similarity between family needs in military and civilian settings is noteworthy, and provide direction for development of empirically based family intervention models for polytrauma settings.
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