“…Regarding benefits for patients, results of this study indicate that family presence functions as an important strategy for support. The understanding that family presence supports the patient by promoting maintenance of physical and emotional contact among the family-patient binomial has also been reported in other studies with family members (9,11,24) and patients (8,13) . Therefore, allowing family members to accompany them increases the chance of them supporting their loved ones, giving them security, comfort and calmness, reducing, consequently, fears, anguish and anxiety (8)(9)11,13,24) , common feelings in patients admitted to emergency units.…”