Restriction of visits to neonatal intensive care units in the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 2.1 4区医学 Q3 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI:10.1111/jep.14092

Zerrin Cigdem, Selver Guler, Melike Yavas Celik

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Abstract

Aims: The aim of this study, it examine how visits to neonatal intensive care units were made during the COVID-19 process and how mothers were affected by this process.

Methods: In this phenomenological study, interviews were conducted with semi-structured questions and face-to-face interviews with the participants. While collecting the data, both observation and interview techniques were used. A content analysis technique was used to analyse the data.

Results: The findings of the study were gathered under two themes: 'mothers' recommendations about visits in neonatal intensive care units' and 'mothers' fear of transmitting COVID-19'.

Conclusion: As a result, visitor restrictions implemented during the pandemic period hurt on newborns. During the pandemic period, visitor restrictions were imposed in neonatal intensive care units around the world. Unfortunately, in our study, it was determined that this restriction was made. This situation may have adversely affected the mother-infant attachment and the growth and development of the baby and may have led to irreversible problems. Therefore, newborn nurses should give more importance to mother-infant interaction and continue their treatment and care without separating infants from their mothers.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间限制探访新生儿重症监护室。

目的：本研究旨在探讨在 COVID-19 过程中如何探访新生儿重症监护室，以及母亲们如何受到这一过程的影响：在这项现象学研究中，采用半结构化问题进行访谈，并与参与者进行面对面访谈。在收集数据时，使用了观察和访谈技术。数据分析采用了内容分析技术：研究结果分为两个主题："母亲对新生儿重症监护室探视的建议 "和 "母亲对传播 COVID-19 的恐惧"：因此，大流行期间实施的探视限制对新生儿造成了伤害。大流行期间，世界各地的新生儿重症监护室都对探视者实施了限制。不幸的是，在我们的研究中，确定了这种限制。这种情况可能会对母婴依恋和婴儿的生长发育造成不利影响，并可能导致不可逆转的问题。因此，新生儿护士应更加重视母婴互动，在不将婴儿与母亲分开的情况下继续进行治疗和护理。

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Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

4.20%

发文量

143

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice aims to promote the evaluation and development of clinical practice across medicine, nursing and the allied health professions. All aspects of health services research and public health policy analysis and debate are of interest to the Journal whether studied from a population-based or individual patient-centred perspective. Of particular interest to the Journal are submissions on all aspects of clinical effectiveness and efficiency including evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guidelines, clinical decision making, clinical services organisation, implementation and delivery, health economic evaluation, health process and outcome measurement and new or improved methods (conceptual and statistical) for systematic inquiry into clinical practice. Papers may take a classical quantitative or qualitative approach to investigation (or may utilise both techniques) or may take the form of learned essays, structured/systematic reviews and critiques.