ArticlePloS one2022
Perspectives from designated family caregivers of critically ill adult patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative interview study.
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- 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
- Caregivers as essential members of healthcare teams: lessons learned from enforcement of the "no visitors" policy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Transforming caregivers into partners: advancing WHO patient safety goals in Singapore acute hospital.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Perceptions of care and family support from patients and family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a phenomenological study in Spain.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- "You want them to be partners in therapy, but that's tricky when they're not there": A qualitative study exploring caregiver involvement across the continuum of care during the early COVID pandemic.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Article
- 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
- Exploring family caregiver challenges in caring for patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFamily visitation in intensive care units (ICU) has been impacted by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic. While studies report on perceptions of families completely restricted from ICUs, little is known about the burden experienced by designated family caregivers allowed to visit their critically ill loved one. This study sought the perspectives of family caregivers of critically ill patients on the impact of one-person designated visitor policies mandated in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsThroughout the study period a restricted visitation policy was mandated capturing the first (April 2020) and second (December 2020) waves of the pandemic that allowed one designated family caregiver (i.e., spouses or adult children) per patient to visit the ICU. Designated family caregivers of critically ill patients admitted to ICU September 2020 to November 2020 took part in individual 60-minute, semi-structured interviews at 6-months after discharge from the index ICU admission. Themes from family interviews were summarized with representative quotations.
resultsKey themes identified following thematic analysis from six participants included: one visitor rule, patient advocate role, information needs, emotional distress, strategies for coping with challenges, practicing empathy, and appreciation of growth.
conclusionDesignated family caregivers of critically ill patients admitted to ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic perceived a complex and highly stressful experience. Support from ICU family liaisons and psychologists may help ameliorate the impact.
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