Acompaniment in Grief. Times of Coronavirus

Bermejo, José Carlos

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.583233

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“…Consequently, dying patients in hospitals and in nursing homes were not able to see their families or friends (Kunz et al, 2021); thus, many patients died alone without the support of their loved ones. The COVID-19 pandemic has, therefore, disrupted the usual practices of family members accompanying the dying person (Bermejo, 2020) and the mourning rituals, such as saying goodbye, viewing and burial of body (Eisma et al, 2020).…”

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Nurses’ experiences of accompanying patients dying during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study

Castaldo

Lusignani

Papini

et al. 2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims The aim was to explore nurses’ experiences of caring for and accompanying patients dying without the presence of family during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design A qualitative descriptive design was used. Methods A purposive sample of registered nurses, caring for dying patients in Italian health‐care settings during the COVID‐19 pandemic, were selected. To capture a broad range of experiences, a maximum variety of participants about workplace, age, gender and work experience were included. A total of 31 nurses agreed to participate in the study; 28 participants were female; participants were aged 41 on average (range 25–63 years) and worked in hospitals and nursing homes in the Northern and Central Italian regions. Six focus groups were conducted from August to December 2020 through Microsoft Teams, reaching data saturation. The transcripts were analysed through inductive content analysis. The COREQ checklist was followed for study reporting. Results Four main categories emerged describing nurses’ experiences: hugely increased deaths in time of COVID‐19; ensuring physical, emotional, interpersonal and spiritual care for dying patients and supporting their families despite difficulties; ensuring care procedures of patients’ bodies after death and psychological consequences of caring for dying people during the pandemic. Conclusion Registered nurses provided physical, spiritual and emotional care to dying patients during the pandemic, despite limited resources and knowledge, standing in for relatives who were not allowed to visit them; the experiences of caring for dying patients in the absence of the family caused emotional distress in nurses. Impact Health‐care systems should develop guidelines aiming to meet the psychological needs of dying people in case of restrictions on patients’ family visits. Health‐care administrators should offer services to support the grieving process of relatives who cannot accompany dying patients and to reduce emotional distress in nurses caring for dying patients.

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Nurses’ experiences of accompanying patients dying during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study

Castaldo

Lusignani

Papini

et al. 2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Humans are an adaptable species. However, natural disasters such as the current Covid-19 outbreak might cause people to see their normalcy completely altered by not being able to socialize as we are used to, as well as, losing contact with our relatives or, even in extremes cases, losing someone they love ( 1 , 2 ). In this way, it seems important to remark that people have been exposed to death at close quarters during the Covid-19 outbreak, whether it be from a family member, a neighbor, an acquaintance, including children who may not understand what happens to those people or health workers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders ( 3 ).…”

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Personality and Attitudes Confronting Death Awareness During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy and Spain

Murphy

Moret-Tatay

2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Italy and Spain are two representative examples on strict lockdown last March 2020, also suffering a high rate of mortality in Europe. The aim of this study is to examine their attitudes confronting death awareness during the Covid-19 outbreak. Moreover, Personality was also considered. Different sociodemographic, in situ questions related to attitudes and the brief Big Five of Personality were employed in a cross-sectional design. The main results suggested that Personality traits were stable across countries. A relationship was found between Fear to contagious diseases and Neuroticism and other attitudes during the Covid-19 outbreak, and two different clusters were identified with regards to attitudes, however these did not differ on Personality. Finally, a Cluster group, Neuroticism, Age and Sense of belonging to the Country did predict Fear to contagious diseases. Of note, no differences were found across countries during grief.

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“…Illness, mourning and death are now placed at the centre of Western societies in which those three issues are normally silenced or even denied (Bacqué & Hanus, 2020 ; Zimmerman, 2004 ). Therefore, it is possible the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a unique awareness of the value and meaning of end-of-life support and funeral rites (Bermejo, 2020 ).…”

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Expressing grief through metaphors: family caregivers’ experience of care and grief during the Covid-19 pandemic

Guité-Verret

Vachon

Ummel

et al. 2021

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Acompaniment in Grief. Times of Coronavirus

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Nurses’ experiences of accompanying patients dying during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study

Nurses’ experiences of accompanying patients dying during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study

Personality and Attitudes Confronting Death Awareness During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy and Spain

Expressing grief through metaphors: family caregivers’ experience of care and grief during the Covid-19 pandemic

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