PICU family presence practices — survey responses (n = 24)*
| Family presence practice | No. (%) of respondents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before the pandemic | March 2020 | August–December 2020 | |||
| Patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection | Patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection | Patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection | Patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection | ||
| Rounds practices† | |||||
| In-person | 24 (100) | 13 (59) | 5 (23) | 21 (95) | 7 (33) |
| Virtual or telephone | 0 (0) | 5 (23) | 8 (36) | 1 (5) | 7 (33) |
| Nonparticipation | 0 (0) | 4 (18) | 9 (41) | 0 (0) | 7 (33) |
| Agreement, no. of pairs (% agreement)‡ | 5 (100) | 3 (66) | 3 (33) | 4 (100) | 3 (66) |
| Rounds location§ | |||||
| Adjacent to room (e.g., bedside) | 24 (100) | 17 (74) | 16 (70) | 22 (100) | 21 (100) |
| Distant location (e.g., conference room) | 0 (0) | 6 (26) | 7 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Agreement, no. of pairs (% agreement)‡ | 5 (100) | 4 (100) | 4 (75) | 4 (75) | 3(100) |
| Ability to leave PICU room¶ | |||||
| Unrestricted | 24 (100) | 17 (71) | 0 (0) | – | – |
| Not allowed to leave | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (29) | – | – |
| Restricted: toilet | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 11 (46) | – | – |
| Restricted: stress/procedures | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (17) | – | – |
| Restricted: eating | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | – | – |
| Encouraged not to leave room, not mandated | 0 (0) | 6 (25) | 3 (13) | – | – |
| Agreement, no. of pairs (% agreement)‡ | 5 (100) | 5 (100) | 5 (80) | – | – |
| Ability to leave hospital¶ | |||||
| Unrestricted | 24 (100) | 21 (88) | 3 (13) | – | – |
| Restricted frequency (e.g., once per shift, once per day) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (17) | – | – |
| Restricted: smoking | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 5 (21) | – | – |
| Restricted: switches | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | 7 (29) | – | – |
| Never | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 8 (33) | – | – |
| Agreement, no. of pairs (% agreement)‡ | 5 (100) | 5 (80) | 5 (60) | – | – |
Note: PICU = pediatric intensive care unit.
↵* Unless otherwise indicated.
↵† Early pandemic: n = 22; mid-pandemic: n = 22 respondents for patients who tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, n = 21 for patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection.
↵‡ Physician chief and operations manager pairs from the same unit for which both provided an answer to the given variable.
↵§ Early pandemic: n = 23; mid-pandemic: n = 22 for patients who tested negative for SARS-CoV-2; n = 21 for patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection.
↵¶ Respondents could indicate more than 1 reason for leaving (e.g., toilet, eating, switches and smoking).