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Application of a flexible visitation system in critically ill patients: A randomized clinical trial.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Flexible family visitation and postoperative delirium in an orthopedic intensive care unit: A randomized trial examining surgical-type heterogeneity and cost outcomes.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Trial
- Humanistic care in the ICU: effects on patient dignity, delirium and family satisfaction - a non-randomised clinical trial protocol.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards family engagement in delirium management among intensive care unit nurses: a multicenter cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The effects of restricted visitation on delirium incidence in the intensive care units of a tertiary hospital in South Korea.Acute and critical care · 2025Article
- Patients' and family members' dyadic experience of post-operative delirium in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Healthcare Provider's Preferences on Open Versus Restricted Visiting Hours in Surgical Intensive Care Unit.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the feasibility of a flexible visitation system in the intensive care unit (ICU).
methodsA randomized, open-label, parallel group clinical trial was conducted. All patients admitted to the ICU of the Lanzhou University Second Hospital from April to June 2022 were enrolled. The enrolled patients were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group according to a computer-generated random sequence table.
resultsA total of 410 patients were admitted. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 140 patients were included in the experimental group (flexible visitation group) and 140 in the control group (normal visitation group). The average number of visitation minutes per day between the experimental group and the control group was 24.7 versus 23.9 min (
conclusionConducting a flexible visitation system in ICUs could reduce the incidence of delirium in critically ill patients and improve the quality of nursing care; furthermore, the rate of nosocomial infections was not increased. These findings need to be further verified by a multicentre, large-scale clinical trial.
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