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Family members' beliefs and attitudes towards visiting policy in the intensive care units of Ghana.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Family-centred care interventions to reduce the delirium prevalence in critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2022Pooled it
- Application of a flexible visitation system in critically ill patients: A randomized clinical trial.Science progressTrial
- Evaluating the Holistic Value of Family-Centred Care in Paediatric Intensive Care Units: A Mixed Methods Study.Nursing open · 2026Article
- When Intensive Care is Perceived as a Place of Death: Family Decision Delay, Trust, and Financial Barriers to Timely Acceptance of ICU Admission in Somalia.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Open visitation policy in intensive care units in Jordan: cross-sectional study of nurses' perceptions.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- Family Presence and Visitation Practices in Latin American PICUs: An International Survey.Journal of pediatric intensive care · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between the Stress Perceived by the Intensive Care Patient's Relatives with Their Religious Attitudes and Behaviors: Turkey Sample.Journal of religion and health · 2021Article
- Family members' beliefs and attitudes towards visiting policy in the intensive care units of Ghana.Nursing open · 2019Article
- The lived experiences of family members who visit their relatives in Covid-19 intensive care unit for the first time: A phenomenological study.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
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Abstract
aimThis study aimed to investigate family members' beliefs and attitudes towards the visiting policies of intensive care units (ICUs).
designIt employed a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative design.
methodThis study recruited four public hospitals in Ghana with a sample of 200 family members. The study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. The data were collected and analysed with SPSS version 16.
resultsThis study revealed that while family members believed in the beneficial effect of adhering to open visiting policies in ICUs, their attitudes were sceptical and restrictive. Most family members preferred the acceptable number of visitors within 24 hr to be two, and according to them, only one person should be allowed to enter at a time. There was a meaningful relationship between the families' beliefs and religion (
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