Perceptions of patients' and healthcare workers' experiences in cohort isolation units: a qualitative study

Autonomy and isolation experienced by patients and primary caregivers during COVID‐19 hospitalization in Barcelona (Spain)

“…This means that patients were admitted alone and faced challenging and complex situations in the absence of their loved ones, which undeniably impacted their emotional health (Ho & Neo, 2021). The participants verbalized feelings of loneliness, sadness, and helplessness in the face of an unforeseen situation, which coincides with other studies (Abad et al, 2010; Siddiqui et al, 2019; Eli et al, 2020; Shaban et al, 2020,). Similarly, according to the studies by Luchetti et al (2020) and Purssell et al (2020), loneliness is related to higher mortality and morbidity, is detrimental to emotional health, and has potential consequences for physical health.…”

27. The ethics of contact precautions in hospital care: An interpretive description

“…None of the patient participants were given an option about whether Contact Precautions would be initiated, and several remained uncertain about the rationale for Contact Precautions being applied, as was also found by Newton et al (2001). Reflective of the findings of this study, other researchers have found patients to be dissatisfied with the information they had received, either because they had not received any (Eli et al, 2020;Raupach-Rosin et al, 2016) or because they considered it inadequate (Guilley-Lerondeau et al, 2017;Heckel et al, 2017;Hill et al, 2013;Wijnakker et al, 2020;Wyer et al, 2015).…”

“…Patients who are identified as colonised with an MRO and are subjected to Contact Precautions, are recognised as being in a unique position as both a potential vector for disease transmission, and also as a victim because of the harms caused to them by their colonisation or by the harms caused by control measures (Eli et al, 2020;Francis et al, 2005). Whilst it is acknowledged that being a hospital patient is a difficult experience (Snyder & Fletcher, 2020), these reports demonstrate that Contact Precautions add significant additional challenges and risks.…”

“…Whilst no recent study has found Contact Precautions to definitively limit MRO transmission, two papers report the benefits of Contact Precautions to include the privacy and seclusion of single room accommodation (Jesus et al, 2019;Taylor et al, 2018). These two studies are heavily outweighed by the 20 studies published over the same timeframe that demonstrate a relationship between increased adverse events (Hamill et al, 2017;Martin, Bryant, et al, 2018;Tran et al, 2017), negative psychological impacts (Bushuven et al, 2019;Currie et al, 2018;Eli et al, 2020;Granzotto et al, 2020;Guilley-Lerondeau et al, 2017;Heckel et al, 2017;Hereng et al, 2019;Hossain et al, 2020;Jesus et al, 2019;Mutsonziwa et al, 2021;Purssell et al, 2020;Rump et al, 2017;Rump et al, 2018;Tran et al, 2017), and other harms associated with Contact Precautions including increased length of stay (Andreassen et al, 2017;Searcy et al, 2018) and decreased patient satisfaction (Guilley-Lerondeau et al, 2017).…”

Difficulties of healthcare workers encountered under cohort isolation in a psychiatric hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study

“…We found a qualitative study about HCWs’ experiences in cohort isolation units because of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infection prevention. ( Eli et al., 2020 ) In the study, the HCWs complaints about stigma, fear of infection and poor infrastructure like lack of basic facilities. These are consistent with our study, but their study concluded not only HCWs but also isolated patients without mental disorders as well as their family members.…”