Trial reportPatient education and counseling2022
Challenges faced by families of critically ill patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rounding Summaries for Families of Critically Ill Patients
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impact of restricted family presence during the COVID-19 pandemic on critically ill patients, families, and critical care clinicians: a qualitative systematic review.BMC health services research · 2024Pooled it
- Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress among Families of Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: A Longitudinal Clinical Trial.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Trial
- Perceptions and Experiences of Stakeholders on In-Person and Virtual Visitation in Intensive Care Units: A Qualitative Study Protocol in China.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Support for relatives in the intensive care unit: lessons from a cross-sectional multicentre cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Coping in times of disruption and deprivation-Experiences of family members during COVID-19 patients' critical illness: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- COVID-19 pandemic in the intensive care unit: Psychological implications and interventions, a systematic review.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Article
- Patients' and caregivers' experiences of hospitalization under COVID-19 visitation restrictions.Journal of hospital medicine · 2022Article
- Variation in communication and family visiting policies in intensive care within and between countries during the Covid-19 pandemic: The COVISIT international survey.Journal of critical care · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Infection among Family and Friends: The Psychological Impact on Non-Infected Persons.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Family Meetings in Palliative Care: Benefits and Barriers.Current treatment options in oncology · 2022Review
- Low and No-Contact Euthanasia: Associated Ethical Challenges Experienced by Veterinary Team Members during the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Two years with COVID-19: New - and old - challenges for health communication research.Patient education and counseling · 2022Article
- Relationships between care burden, resilience, and depressive symptoms among the main family caregivers of stroke patients: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo understand how surrogates of critically ill patients adjusted to challenges that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsParticipants (N = 62) were surrogates of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in the ICU at an urban, academic medical center from March to June 2020. Participants were recruited using convenience sampling and took part in one-time qualitative individual interviews via telephone. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic content analysis.
resultsQualitative analyses yielded four types of challenges: Communication with the medical team, communication among family members, understanding and tracking medical information, and distress related to visitor restrictions. To adjust to challenges related to communication, participants developed routines for receiving updates from the medical team and providing updates to other family members. To adjust to the challenge related to comprehension, participants sought information from external sources such as family members in healthcare fields. To adjust to the challenge related to visitation, participants found some comfort in video calls with the patient.
conclusionsSurrogates of critically ill patients with COVID-19 faced multiple types of challenges yet adjusted to those challenges. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Future research should focus on ways to support the wellbeing of surrogates during times of restricted hospital visitation. Clinical trial registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03969810).
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