Data on the attitudes of nurses and patient׳s family regarding the family presence in the intensive care unit in Birjand, Iran

The presence of the patient׳s family on the patient׳s bedside in the intensive care units (ICU) has been a challenging issue among nurses. Therefore, the aim of the data is to evaluate the viewpoints of nurses and the family of patients on the family attendance at the patient bedside in the intensive care units at the educational hospitals in Birjand City. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 70 nurses working in the intensive care units of the hospitals and 100 members of the family of patients admitted to the intensive care units in 2017. Statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS 16. The findings showed that the average score obtained by nurses and families were 0.46 ± 1.75 and 2.61 ± 0.50, respectively. The data showed that nurses have a negative opinion about the presence of the patients’ family regarding the family presence in the Intensive Care Unit ICU (P < 0.001).


a b s t r a c t
The presence of the patient's family on the patient's bedside in the intensive care units (ICU) has been a challenging issue among nurses. Therefore, the aim of the data is to evaluate the viewpoints of nurses and the family of patients on the family attendance at the patient bedside in the intensive care units at the educational hospitals in Birjand City. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on 70 nurses working in the intensive care units of the hospitals and 100 members of the family of patients admitted to the intensive care units in 2017. Statistical analysis was carried out by SPSS 16. The findings showed that the average score obtained by nurses and families were 0. 46  The data demonstrated that nurses believe that visiting patient's' family reduce the quality of nursing care planning. Therefore, more research is needed to create a suitable work environment for nurses, and as a result, the quality of care planning can be increased.
The data presented can provide a basis for consideration of the patient's needs through communication with the family, which will make it more flexible in the nursing management policy program.

Data
Tables 1-5 summarize the attitudes of nurses and patient's family about patient's family visit in intensive care units. Nurses with a total score of 1.75 had the same views as the opposition to the meeting. The nurses questioned for the present data believe that the visit is detrimental to the patient's privacy and is also a barrier to nurses' camaraderie. In addition, nurses believe that physiological stresses and hemodynamic disorders are caused by the visit.

Experimental design, materials and methods
This data comes from descriptive cross-sectional research that was conducted on all nurses working in ICU and 100 families of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Valiasr and Imam Reza Hospital in Birjand. The nurses were selected through census sampling method and family of patients admitted to ICU with available sampling method. Table 1 Frequency distribution of nurses' responses to negative (N1-N13) and positive directions (N14-N20) in relation to meeting in intensive care unit (ICU).

Selection criteria for participants in the research
The criteria for entering families to participate included being at least 18 years old, speaking in Persian, having the ability to communicate and being hospitalized for at least 48 h in the abovementioned wards. The criteria for entering nurses included being employed in intensive care units of the hospitals, having a bachelor's degree in nursing and having at least six months of experience in nursing in intensive care unit, willingness to participate in research and completing a questionnaire.

Calculating the sample size
The sample size for the patient's family members was determined.
, as much as 96 subjects that increased to 100 people.
where, S ¼ 0.41, α ¼ 0.05, and d ¼ 0.2. Table 2 The mean, standard deviation for positive and negative attitudes of nurses using one-sample T test.   Table 5 The mean, standard deviation for positive and negative attitudes of the patients' in ICU using one-sample T test. visits to intensive care units. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire has been confirmed in previous studies [1][2][3][4]. The validity of this questionnaire was evaluated by 10 faculty members of Birjand Nursing and Midwifery Faculty. Its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient up to 0.79. The Likert Score has five options, scoring from 0 to 4. For each of the two positive points, scoring was in the form of "I completely disagree" (0 points), "I disagree" (1 point), "I have no idea" (2 points), "I agree" (3 points), "I completely agree" (4 points). Scoring for each of the points with a negative direction was considered to be the opposite of the positive ones [5,6]. To obtain the total score of attitudes, the scores of 20 questions of the questionnaire after the alignment of the positive and negative points were summed up and divided by 20. The mean of the numbers obtained was between 0 and 4. The closer the mean to 4 indicates the agreement of the nurses with a free visit. In order to compare the ratio of agreeable and dissenting beliefs, "I agree" and "I completely agree" are considered as agreed groups and "I disagree" and "I completely disagree" are considered as the opposite ones. The item "I do not comment" are excluded from the comparison. 2. The second questionnaire examines the attitude of patients' family about the presence of family in ICU, which consists of two parts. The first part contained the demographic data of the patient's family included age, gender marital status, educational level, hospitalization ward, hospital location, relativity with the patient, and place of residence. The second part related to the viewpoints of family members of the patients including 18 items. Scoring was calculated based on the five-point Likert scale. For each of the two positive points, scoring was as follows: "I completely disagree" (0 points), "I disagree" (1 point), "I have no idea" (2 points), "I agree" (3 points), "I completely agree" (4 points). Scoring for each of the points with a negative direction was considered to be the opposite of the positive ones [7,8]. To obtain the total score of belief, the scores of 18 questions of the questionnaire after the alignment of the positive and negative points were summed up and divided by 18, the mean of the numbers obtained was between 0 and 4. The closer this number to 4 indicates the agreement of the family members of the patients with a free visit. In order to compare the ratio of agreeable and opposite beliefs, "I agree" and "I completely agree" are considered as agreed groups; also, "I disagree" and "I completely disagree" are considered as the opposite ones. Item of "I do not comment" are excluded from the comparison.
After obtaining the research license from the relevant authorities of Birjand University of Medical Sciences and the Ethics Committee, the researcher distributed questionnaires among qualified nurses and family members of patients admitted to intensive care units at various shifts. They were asked to complete the questionnaire without name. The nurses were asked to avoid sharing their personal opinions with other nurses.
Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS Paired Samples T Test. The significance level of the tests was considered as significant (p o 0.05).

Acknowledgment
The paper is the result of a research project approved by the research deputy of Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Code. 4178 date on November 30, 2016. So, in the end, we would like to express our appreciation to the research deputy of Birjand University of Medical Sciences, the nurses of the Intensive Units of Imam Reza Educational Hospital and Valiasr Hospital, and all the ones who worked together to carry out this research.

Transparency document. Supplementary material
Transparency document associated with this article can be found in the online version at https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.08.202.