ArticleRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
Intensive care unit visitation policies in Brazil: a multicenter survey.
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- Family members' beliefs and attitudes towards visiting policy in the intensive care units of Ghana.Nursing open · 2019Article
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- Family care, visiting policies, ICU performance, and efficiency in resource use: insights from the ORCHESTRA study.Intensive care medicine · 2017Article
- Reappraisal of visiting policies and procedures of patient's family information in 188 French ICUs: a report of the Outcomerea Research Group.Annals of intensive care · 2016Article
- Intensive care unit visitation policies in Brazil: firsts steps in Latin America.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to determine which visitation policy was the most predominant in Brazilian intensive care units and what amenities were provided to visitors.
methodsEight hundred invitations were sent to the e-mail addresses of intensivist physicians and nurses who were listed in the research groups of the Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Network and the Brazilian Research in Intensive Care Network. The e-mail contained a link to a 33-item questionnaire about the profile of their intensive care unit.
resultsOne hundred sixty-two questionnaires from intensive care units located in all regions of the country, but predominantly in the Southeast and South (58% and 16%), were included in the study. Only 2.6% of the intensive care units reported having liberal visitation policies, while 45.1% of the intensive care units allowed 2 visitation periods and 69.1% allowed 31-60 minutes of visitation per period. In special situations, such as end-of-life cases, 98.7% of them allowed flexible visitation. About half of them (50.8%) did not offer any bedside amenities for visitors. Only 46.9% of the intensive care units had a family meeting room, and 37% did not have a waiting room.
conclusionRestrictive visitation policies are predominant in Brazilian intensive care units, with most of them allowing just two periods of visitation per day. There is also a lack of amenities for visitors.
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