Perspectives on Telephone and Video Communication in the Intensive Care Unit during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, many intensive care units (ICUs) have shifted communication with patients' families toward chiefly telehealth methods (phone and video) to reduce COVID-19 transmission. Family and clinician perspectives about phone and video communication in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet well understood. Increased knowledge about clinicians' and families' experiences with telehealth may help to improve the quality of remote interactions with families during periods of hospital visitor restrictions during COVID-19.Objectives: To explore experiences, perspectives, and attitudes of family members and ICU clinicians about phone and video interactions during COVID-19 hospital visitor restrictions.Methods: We c

SUBMITTER: Kennedy NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8086546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature