Respecting the privacy of hospitalized patients: An integrative review

Tehrani, Tayebeh Hasan; Maddah, Sadat Seyed Bagher; Fallahi-Khoshknab, Masoud; Ebadi, Abbas; Shahboulaghi, Farahnaz Mohammadi; Gillespie, Mark

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“…As a concept, privacy can be vague and complex to define; 21,23,28 it is, however, often linked to core values in nursing such as respect, confidentiality, dignity, autonomy, 21,29 and personal space 23 and has been described through various dimensions. 30,31 According to Deshefy-Longhi et al, 29 it is a paradox that patients have to sacrifice both privacy and confidentiality in order to receive needed healthcare. In our findings, patients with experiences from multiple-bed rooms were referred to each other with little possibility to retreat.…”

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“…Deshefy-Longhi et al 29 stress that it is essential to pay particular consideration to “vulnerable populations” or patients with “certain medical conditions” in order to maintain their special needs for privacy. According to Hasan Tehrani et al, 31 having control and ownership of personal information is something that patients expect and want to be in command of.…”

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Trading company for privacy: A study of patients’ experiences

Roos

Skaug²,

Grøndahl³

et al. 2019

Nurs Ethics

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Ethical considerations The study was conducted according to the principles of Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Objective To describe patients’ experiences of staying in multiple- and single-bed rooms. Patients and methods This qualitative study employed a descriptive and exploratory approach, and systematic text condensation was used to analyze the material. Data were collected in a hospital trust in Norway. A total of 39 in-depth interviews were performed with patients discharged from the medical, surgical, and maternity departments. Results Patients had ambiguous views on whether multiple-bed rooms or single-bed rooms were to be preferred. Main results include how patients cherished “the importance of others” but at the same time valued “the importance of privacy.” Being hospitalized in multiple-bed rooms was for many patients a very positive experience in terms of social interaction. Patients in single-bed rooms reported being more dependent on nurses to maintain social contact and obtain safety. Conclusion This research provides new knowledge on how the need for privacy can be in contradiction with the need for socializing with other patients. When hospitalized, the physical structure of a hospital impacts with whom patients interact and to what extent they depend on the nursing staff to have their social needs met.

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Trading company for privacy: A study of patients’ experiences

Roos

Skaug²,

Grøndahl³

et al. 2019

Nurs Ethics

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“…Doctors are expected to respect their patients' privacy. The fulfillment of patient privacy ensures protection of human dignity as well as confident communication between patients and their health teams (Tehrani et al, 2018). Securing the classroom privacy is part of the training of future doctors to get used to respect privacy with all the meanings that this word holds.…”

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Etiquette of Virtual Learning; Tips to Ensure Effective Learning for Medical Students

Tarhouny¹,

Hassouna²,

Khalifa³

et al. 2021

MedEdPublish

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COVID-19 pandemic is putting immense pressure on medical education delivery, due to sudden complete transition to virtual learning. Medical schools do acknowledge that this is the most challenging experience that they had faced in their educational journeys, given the unprepared community that includes medical educators and students. Being delivered via the Internet, virtual classes have their own ethical challenges. Ethical codes regulating the functionality of institutions, as well as the performance of educators, staff, and students during the online era need to be carefully developed. Virtual manners that are up to the standard provide a healthy environment for successful online teaching sessions. In this article, we are suggesting tips to help educators create and support etiquette online norms.

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“…In healthcare organisations, securing the right to privacy and confidentiality, which is a basic need and human right, is important to prevent individuals from being embarrassed, offended and discouraged (Alpar, Bahçecik & Karabacak, 2013), judged, stigmatised and discriminated against (Klosek, 2011) while allowing them to communicate honestly and openly with the healthcare team (Alpar et al, 2013). Safeguarding human dignity, it ensures the development of communication between the patient and the healthcare team and the establishment of a trust‐based relationship essential for quality care (Tehrani et al, 2018) which can save lives (Klosek, 2011). Since patients may be less willing to share information when they are concerned about privacy (Shen et al, 2019), or may not disclose their personal information completely and honestly, treatment may be delayed or not given at all (Klosek, 2011).…”

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“…However, privacy and confidentiality of patients can be violated due to the physical problems of health institutions (Akar et al, 2019; Hartigan et al, 2018; Lin et al, 2013) and healthcare professionals’ lack of attention to patient privacy and confidentiality (Akar et al, 2019). Further, sometimes privacy of the patient can be sacrificed to protect them against environmental risks or to save their lives (Tehrani et al, 2018). Moreover, the technological advances that have taken place in the recent years have made it difficult to ensure patient privacy and confidentiality (Ak et al, 2020; Klosek, 2011).…”

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Assessment of nurses’ respect for patient privacy by patients and nurses: A comparative study

Öztürk

Kılıç

Kahrıman

et al. 2021

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims To determine whether nurses respect or violate patient privacy by comparing nurses’ and patients’ opinions. Background Although nurses want to respect patient privacy, they can sometimes violate patient privacy or not pay enough attention. Method This comparative and cross‐sectional study was conducted with 357 patients and 305 nurses in 12 public hospitals in Trabzon, Turkey. Data were collected with an information form and the Patient Privacy Scale. Reporting is consistent with the STROBE checklist for cross‐sectional studies. Results The total mean score of the patient privacy scale was 4.6 ± 0.39 for nurses and 4.5 ± 0.41 for patients, and no significant difference was found between their scores (U = 52999.0; p = .554). Further, the nurses (U = 14358.0; p = .000) and the patients (U = 13272.5; p = .006) in the public hospitals had statistically significantly higher overall privacy scores than those in the training and research hospitals. The overall privacy scale scores were higher and more statistically significant in the patients hospitalised in surgical clinics than those hospitalised in clinics for internal diseases (U = 8514.0; p = .005) and in single compared to married patients (U = 12364.5; p = .034). Conclusion Nurses respected patient privacy highly according to both nurses and patients, and there was no significant difference between their views. However, nurses working in training and research hospitals and internal diseases clinics need to improve their approaches to patient privacy. Relevance to clinical practice The results of this study could be used to reduce patient privacy vulnerabilities in complex hospitals and clinics such as training and research hospitals and to improve institutional policies and activities regarding patient privacy. By comparing the results of patients and nurses, the study provided more consistent and accurate data about patient privacy.

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Respecting the privacy of hospitalized patients: An integrative review

Cited by 23 publications

References 49 publications

Trading company for privacy: A study of patients’ experiences

Trading company for privacy: A study of patients’ experiences

Etiquette of Virtual Learning; Tips to Ensure Effective Learning for Medical Students

Assessment of nurses’ respect for patient privacy by patients and nurses: A comparative study

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