How do care environments shape healthcare? A synthesis of qualitative studies among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how care is shaped through the material practices and spaces of healthcare environments during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) of qualitative research.

Participants

Studies included qualitative research investigating the experiences of healthcare workers involved in the care of individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

134 articles were identified in the initial sampling frame with 38 studies involving 2507 participants included in the final synthesis. Three themes were identified in the analysis: (1) the hospital transformed, (2) virtual care spaces and (3) objects of care. Through the generation of these themes, a synthesising argument was developed to demonstrate how material spaces and pra

SUBMITTER: Harrison M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9527744 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature