“…Prolonged protective isolation can lead to social isolation (Vottero & Rittenmeyer, 2012) and other psychosocial implications, such as loneliness (Biagioli, Piredda, Alvaro, & De Marinis, 2017;ElSadr, Noureddine, & Kelley, 2009), depression (El-Jawahri et al, 2015;Tecchio et al, 2013), anxiety (Abad, Fearday, & Safdar, 2010;Sasaki et al, 2000), anger (Vottero & Rittenmeyer, 2012) and insomnia (Kunitomi et al, 2010). Thus, healthcare providers have the responsibility to assess patients' perception of protective isolation in order to identify early those patients who are at risk for negative isolation experiences and to avoid the discontinuation of protective measures because of psychosocial implications (Proia-Lelouey & Letrecher, 2018).…”