Connecting Hospitalized Patients with Their Families: Case Series and Commentary

Parsapour, Kourosh; Kon, Alexander A.; Dharmar, Madan; McCarthy, Amy; Yang, Hsuan-Hui Nikki; Smith, Anthony C; Carpenter, Janice; Sadorra, Candace; Farbstein, Aron D.; Hojman, Nayla M.; Wold, Gary L.; Marcin, James P.

doi:10.1155/2011/804254

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“…exhibited less stress compared with patients without access to the videoconferencing program. 17,18 Based on the successes of these programs, we hypothesized that telemedicine could be used to enable families unable to be at their child's bedside to remotely join daily rounds in the PICU and that this would help decrease parental stress and increase parent and provider satisfaction.…”

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Parent Participation in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Rounds via Telemedicine: Feasibility and Impact

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The Journal of Pediatrics

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Parent Participation in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Rounds via Telemedicine: Feasibility and Impact

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The Journal of Pediatrics

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“…For example, it is increasingly common for health systems to facilitate virtual visits for parents and families with their children in the NICU and other inpatient wards using webcams or other mobile devices. [5][6][7] Such programs enable enhanced communication between patients, parents, families, and friends, hopefully improving the spirits and wellbeing of both those in the hospital as well as those who live far away or are unable to visit the hospital. However, despite the common use of these videoconferencing systems, little is known beyond anecdotal experience about their potential impact on the stress experienced by children during hospitalization.…”

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Videoconferencing to Reduce Stress Among Hospitalized Children

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT:Previous research has demonstrated that family presence alongside hospitalized patients is associated with improvements in physiologic responses, reductions in anxiety, and expedited recovery. Recently, videoconferencing has been increasingly used for virtual visits to pediatric patients and their parents during hospitalization.WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Our study demonstrates that in some cases, the use of videoconferencing by children and their parents for virtual visits is associated with greater reductions in stress during hospitalization compared with children and parents who do not use videoconferencing.abstract OBJECTIVES: Family-Link is a videoconferencing program that allows hospitalized children and their parents to virtually visit family members and friends using laptops, webcams, and a secure Wi-Fi connection. We evaluated the association of Family-Link use on the reduction in stress experienced by children during hospitalization. METHODS:We offered Family-Link to pediatric patients who had an expected length of hospitalization equal to or greater than 4 days. We measured the stress levels of hospitalized children at admission and discharge using the previously published Parental Stress Survey. We used propensity score matching and multivariable linear regression methods to evaluate the relationship between the use of Family-Link and stress experienced by children during hospitalization. RESULTS:We included a total of 367 children in the study: 232 FamilyLink users and 135 non-Family-Link users. Using the propensity score matching method, we found that the use of Family-Link was significantly associated with a greater reduction in overall mean stress compared with non-Family-Link users among the cohort of patients who lived closer to the hospital and had shorter lengths of hospitalization (b = 0.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.03 to 0.43; P , .05). In this cohort, the reduction in overall mean stress was 37% greater among Family-Link users than non-Family-Link users. CONCLUSIONS:The use of videoconferencing by some hospitalized children and families to conduct virtual visits with family and friends outside of the hospital was associated with a greater reduction in stress during hospitalization than those who did not use videoconferencing. Dr Yang conceptualized and designed the study, coordinated the data collection process, completed the analyses, interpreted the results, and drafted the initial manuscript; Dr Dharmar conceptualized and designed the study, coordinated the data collection process, assisted with the analyses, interpreted the results, and revised the manuscript; Ms Hojman assisted with the data collection process, assisted with the analyses, and critically reviewed the manuscript; Ms Sadorra coordinated the data collection process, assisted with the analyses, and critically reviewed the manuscript; Ms Sundberg coordinated the data collection process and critically reviewed the manuscript; Mr Wold assisted with the data collection process and critically reviewed t...

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“…Patients in this study emphasised the need to make a connection with the healthcare team, family and other patients, as well as a transcendental connection with God; in other studies on presence, patients’ needs concerning this interpersonal connection have also been identified . Patients’ connection with the healthcare team is the first step in providing the patient with a healing presence , as well as facilitating connection and interaction with other supporters (e.g.…”

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“…Patients’ connection with the healthcare team is the first step in providing the patient with a healing presence , as well as facilitating connection and interaction with other supporters (e.g. spouse, children, parents, sibling, extended family), in the context of hospitalisation, so as to improve the patient's psychological state . Several studies have also suggested patients’ need to establish a connection and forge relationships with each other in order to eliminate some of their needs .…”

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