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Dec 15, 2020 · While hospitals are justified in limiting visitors to control the spread of this deadly virus, they are often doing it at a high cost to patients who need contact and support from loved ones to ...
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1. What are the impacts of restricted hospital visitation policies due to the COVID-19 pandemic on patients, family members or healthcare professionals of hospitalized patients?2. What approaches have been taken to mitigate the impact on patients, family members, or healthcare professionals?The components of population, exposure, comparator, outcome, study design, and timeframe are as follows: 1. PopulationPatients, family members (i.e., relatives, close friends), or healthcare professionals (e.g., nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists) of adult patients (> 17 years of age, or as defined in the individual study) who were hospital...
We performed systematic searches that were unrestricted by date and language in Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Healthstar, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Experienced librarians developed (N.D.) and PRESS reviewed (D.L.) all searches that were perfor...
We selected records that reported perspectives (i.e., mental views or prospects) on or impacts (i.e., any diagnosed psychopathologies or symptoms of psychopathologies, neurocognitive disorders or symptoms of neurocognitive disorders; health-related quality of life, self-efficacy [ability to function and maintain relationships], general well-being [...
In another calibration exercise to achieve > 75% inter-rater agreement, we trained the same reviewers from record selection (S.M., M.A., L.H., K.M.) to independently abstract data in duplicate using a standardized form. We abstracted the following data: record identifiers and type (e.g., purpose, sample size, measures), participants (i.e., patients...
Two reviewers (S.M., M.A., L.H., K.M.) independently and in duplicate analyzed data in a two-stage process according to validated guidelines for narrative synthesis of quantitative studies and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies for reviews on health research . Qualitative thematic analysis was performed to compare and contrast findings acro...
- Stephana J. Moss, Karla D. Krewulak, Henry T. Stelfox, Sofia B. Ahmed, Melanie C. Anglin, Sean M. Ba...
- 2021
Jan 25, 2021 · Lessons learned from seasonal influenza suggest that preventing outbreaks of respiratory viruses in the acute care hospital sector is vital to ensure that hospitals can provide needed care for all.2 However, a progressive relaxation of hospital rules for visitors began after mounting evidence of the beneficial effect of family or designated support persons being present for patients admitted ...
- Laveena Munshi, Gerald Evans, Fahad Razak
- 2021
Table 2. Settings Across Which Accommodating Visiting Policies are Beneficial to Patient Care The term visitor needs to distinguish between “social visitors” and “essential caregivers”. Family and essential caregivers are active and essential in the ongoing care of a patient admitted to hospital. Communication, Decision Making, and Advocacy
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in restrictions to visitation for hospitalised patients in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, organise care, and to reduce the use of personal protective equipment.5 6 Given the important role of family visitation and engagement in patient-centred and family-centred care,7 early evidence suggests that restricted visitation policies enacted in hospitals ...
- Stephana J Moss, Henry T Stelfox, Karla D Krewulak, Sofia Ahmed, Melanie C Anglin, Sean M Bagshaw, T...
- 2021
Sep 23, 2021 · Introduction: Flexible visitation policies in hospitals are an important component of care that contributes to reduced stress and increased satisfaction among patients and their family members. Early evidence suggests restricted visitation policies enacted in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic are having unintended consequences on patients, family members and healthcare providers.
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Mar 31, 2023 · Introduction During the pandemic many Canadian hospitals made significant changes to their ‘open family presence’ and ‘visitor policies’ to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by instituting restrictive or ‘zero visiting’ policies in healthcare facilities. These policies have the potential to create great hardship, anxiety and stress for patients, families, caregivers and frontline ...
