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The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions
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 implicat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35897362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158991 |
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author | Correia, Tânia Sofia Pereira Martins, Maria Manuela F. P. S. Barroso, Fernando F. Pinho, Lara G. Fonseca, César Valentim, Olga Lopes, Manuel |
author_facet | Correia, Tânia Sofia Pereira Martins, Maria Manuela F. P. S. Barroso, Fernando F. Pinho, Lara G. Fonseca, César Valentim, Olga Lopes, Manuel |
author_sort | Correia, Tânia Sofia Pereira |
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description | 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 10 nurses chosen by convenience. Content analysis was performed using Atlas.ti software, version 22 (Berlin, Germany). Results: Twenty-two categories and eight subcategories were identified and grouped according to their scope: implications for the patient, implications for the family, and implications for care practice. Conclusions: The identified categories of implications of restricting hospital visits (implications for patients, relatives, and care practices) are incomparably more negative than positive and have a strong potential to cause safety events in the short to long term, also jeopardizing the quality of care. There is the risk of stagnation and even setback due to this removal of families from the hospital environment, not only in terms of safety and quality of care but also with regard to person- and family-centered care. |
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spelling | pubmed-93301132022-07-29 The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions Correia, Tânia Sofia Pereira Martins, Maria Manuela F. P. S. Barroso, Fernando F. Pinho, Lara G. Fonseca, César Valentim, Olga Lopes, Manuel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article 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 10 nurses chosen by convenience. Content analysis was performed using Atlas.ti software, version 22 (Berlin, Germany). Results: Twenty-two categories and eight subcategories were identified and grouped according to their scope: implications for the patient, implications for the family, and implications for care practice. Conclusions: The identified categories of implications of restricting hospital visits (implications for patients, relatives, and care practices) are incomparably more negative than positive and have a strong potential to cause safety events in the short to long term, also jeopardizing the quality of care. There is the risk of stagnation and even setback due to this removal of families from the hospital environment, not only in terms of safety and quality of care but also with regard to person- and family-centered care. MDPI 2022-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9330113/ /pubmed/35897362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158991 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Correia, Tânia Sofia Pereira Martins, Maria Manuela F. P. S. Barroso, Fernando F. Pinho, Lara G. Fonseca, César Valentim, Olga Lopes, Manuel The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions |
title | The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions |
title_full | The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions |
title_fullStr | The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions |
title_full_unstemmed | The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions |
title_short | The Implications of Family Members’ Absence from Hospital Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nurses’ Perceptions |
title_sort | implications of family members’ absence from hospital visits during the covid-19 pandemic: nurses’ perceptions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9330113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35897362 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158991 |
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