Background: -Intensive care unit is a consilidated area which needs high quality of care andrnfollowup of patients with more sphisticated equipments.Assesment of satisfaction is onernindicator to determine quality of care given for the patient.In the ICU patients are not in therncondition to give their opinion about the care given for the patients.In the ICU patients are notrnin the condition to give their openion about the care;thereforeanassesment of family satisfactionrnin care of critically ill patient can be important indicator of quality of care in critical care unit.rnObjective of this study: - To assess the family satisfaction in care of critically ill patient in ICU ofrngovernmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, EthiopiarnMethod: - Institutional based cross sectional quantitative study conducted in five hospitals inrnadult, neonatal and pediatric ICU found in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. The total sample size was 206rnand allocated to each hospital ICU usng stratified sampling method.After pretest of questionerrndata was collected by interviwer administered structered questioner.The data wasrnentered,cleaned and coded to Epi data 3.1 and transferred to SPSS version21.The discriptivernanalysis such as frequency distribution,percentage and measurment of central tendency wasrnused.Bivariate and Multivariate analysis with alpha=0.05 performed to measureassociation ofrnsatisfaction by different variables.rnResult:- The overall satisfaction of families of patients were 62%.Their satisfaction byrnsubsacles was, Assurance (52%) , information (41.6%), Proximity (67.3%), Support (71.3%),rnComfort (41.6%).Age less than 25 by (AOR,0.218 ,95%CI0.057-0.835) and between 25 to 35rnby (AOR 0.22,95%CI 0.062-0.797) and education level below grade eight by (AORrn3.1395%CI,1.16-8.43) associated with more odds of satisfaction.Families who consider thernpatient condition were worsening by (AOR 0.123 95%CI0.114-0.664) and families whorndoesnot know the current condition of patients by (AOR 0.123 95% CI 0.04-0.37) associtedrnwith Low odds of satisfaction.rnConclusion: -The overall family satisfaction in governmental hospital ICUs was 62%. Familyrnmembers were less satisfied on information and comfort.rnRecommendation:-health professionals hospital managers and all stake holders in the carerngiving system has to consider family centered care and work to improve quality of care in ICU.rnKey word: - family satisfaction, intensive care unit