The Initial Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on ICU Family Engagement: Lessons Learned From a Collaborative of 27 ICUs

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Family-centred care of patients admitted to the intensive care unit in times of COVID-19: A systematic review

“… - Visiting policies varied from hospital to hospital, with end-of-life situations being the major exception.- At least half of the hospitals allow a relative to visit non-COVID patients at a certain time.- 95% of the hospitals used videoconferencing as a means of communication with families.- The ratio of devices per ICU bed was 1 in 13. ( Hwang et al, 2021b ). Cross-sectional study.…”

Family satisfaction with intensive care unit communication during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a prospective multicentre Australian study Family Satisfaction – COVID ICU

“…We have identified thought‐provoking proposed steps to improve family satisfaction and have summarised them in Table 3 . 1 , 2 , 24 , 27 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41…”

Family caregivers’ responses to a visitation restriction policy at a Korean surgical intensive care unit before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

“…Since February 2020, family visitation has been completely banned in most ICUs in South Korea, including our institution. While studies have examined how current family engagement efforts has been changed since COVID-19 pandemic [12] and effects of visitation restriction on delirium and anxiety among the ICU patients [13] , little is known about the quality of life, emotions, and perceptions toward the visitation policies among ICU family caregivers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. In South Korea, flexible and open visitation was not a norm in ICU settings, which was different from other countries where family visits were more flexible and for longer durations.…”