2022
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19158991
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The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions

Abstract: Background: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several measures were taken to prevent the transmission of infection in the hospital environment, including the restriction of visits. Little is known about the consequences of these directives, but it is expected that they will have various implications. Thus, this study aimed to understand the consequences of measures to restrict visits to hospitalized individuals. Methods: A qualitative interpretive study was conducted through semistructured interviews with … Show more

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“…And that doesn’t help at all, it’s not good” (E5). Implications of the restriction of visits on the mental health of hospitalized patients were also reported by nurses, namely sadness, depressed mood, anxiety, isolation, loneliness, confusion, and agitation [ 3 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…And that doesn’t help at all, it’s not good” (E5). Implications of the restriction of visits on the mental health of hospitalized patients were also reported by nurses, namely sadness, depressed mood, anxiety, isolation, loneliness, confusion, and agitation [ 3 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This includes providing stability, emotional support to the hospitalized person, and support in various needs and/or activities [ 2 ]. The presence of the family in the hospital context enables the family’s own need for support and information to be met and gives them the opportunity to be close to the hospitalized patient [ 3 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The same health workers in Portugal and Australia felt less able to deliver individualised patient centred care and were more aware of the increased safety risks posed to the patient without family presence 67. Acute care staff were also unable to properly prepare patients for discharge without family members to support the process 67. Service providers experienced the moral anguish of turning families away and maintaining forced separation between people who were in clear distress 678.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Nurses recognize partnership with families as a contribution to improving quality of care, although it does not translate into the practice of care [ 15 , 16 ]. These professionals also see families as risks to patient safety, as hindering the care process, and as sources of an increase in workload [ 15 , 17 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%