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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on family engagement among ICUs participating in a multicenter collaborative promoting implementation of family-centered care projects and to report sites' experiences with the collaborative itself prior to its cancelation due to the pandemic in March 2020.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Twenty-seven academic and community ICUs in the United States and South Korea.

Subjects

Site leaders.

Interventions

Prior to March 2020, all sites had participated in 6 months of webinars, monthly calls, and listserv communication to facilitate projects and to collect preimplementation family satisfaction and clinician perception data.

Measurements and main results

Planned projects included ICU

SUBMITTER: Hwang DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8021347 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature