ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the cognition, attitudes and clinical practice of ICU medical staff on the family meeting for ICU patients. Methods The study used questionnaire to investigate 428 ICU medical staff and SPSS software to analyze data. Results The cognition of medical staff on the family meeting was 25.4％(109/428). The attitudes of medical staff on the family meeting were positive. Only 38.17％(164/428)medical staff selected necessary or very necessary to carry out the family meeting and only 41.45％(177/428)medical staff would to participate in family meeting. Different professional, the highest record of formal schooling and ICU working life had different attitude scores(t=7.33,F=4.06,5.33, P<0.01 or 0.05);different professional titles and ICU working life had different aspiration attitude scores (F=4.79,6.94,P<0.05 or 0.01). The rate of family meeting in clinical work was only 8.18％ (35/428). Conclusion Medical staff has low level of cognition and attitudes about family meeting on ICU patients, and still many difficulties in clinical implementation.