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## Abstract ## Background Family caregivers play an important role for patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and delirium is a common clinical syndrome. Little is known about the experiences of family caregivers when a relative is a patient with delirium, especially for caregivers in Asian cultures. ## Aims and Objective To understand the experience of family caregivers with a family member as a patient with delirium in the ICU in Taiwan. ## Design A descriptive qualitative study with in‐depth face‐to‐face semi‐structured interviews. ## Methods Interviews were conducted with 20 family caregivers of 20 patients with delirium in the ICU of a hospital in northern Taiwan. ## Results The core theme describing the phenomenon of family caregivers of a patient with delirium was “Sailing in a sea of perplexity,” which described family caregivers' uncertainty of navigating the ICU and providing support for a relative. Three subthemes described the core theme: (a) perplexity of the ICU environment, (b) perplexity of making decisions, and (c) perplexity of Chinese cultural constraints. ## Conclusion “Sailing in a sea of perplexity” underscores how uncertainty among family caregiv

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Author

Li‐Jung Huang; Hsiu‐Hsin Tsai; Yi‐Wen Wang; Chun‐Liang Chou

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)