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Visit of minors in an intensive care unit. What is the opinion of health staff?
Visita de los menores de edad en una unidad de cuidados intensivos. ¿Qué opina el personal sanitario?
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J. Valls-Matarína,
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, R.M. Peradejordi-Torresa, E. Calvet-Gonzáleza, A. Jorge-Castilloa, S. Calvo-Alonsoa, I. Sandalinas-Mulerob
a Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
b Área de Crítico, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
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Received 20 June 2018. Accepted 10 January 2019
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Table 1. Sociodemographic data.
Table 2. Main reasons for restricting the visit of minors to the ICU.
Table 3. Permit the visit of minors in the ICU depending on the family relationship or patient status.
Table 4. Responses to the open-ended questions about the reasons to restrict or permit visits from minors to the ICU.
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Abstract
Aim

To determine the opinion of healthcare staff (HS) on the presence of minors in an adult intensive care unit.

Method

Transversal descriptive research study in an adult intensive care unit with 62 people, between September/December 2017. The Knutsson questionnaire was used with 10 closed questions with space for comments, and 2 open questions.

Selection of the respondents was by means of convenience sampling. Descriptive statistics with absolute frequencies and percentages. Chi-squared-test or Fisher. Significance p<.05.

Results

61 questionnaires were collected: 70.5% nursing staff (NS).

Fifty percent of medical staff (MS) would restrict the entry of 0–6-year old minors versus 76.2% NS (p=.04). Of the MS, 16.7% would restrict the visits of minors between the ages of 7 and 12 versus 46.5% NS (p=.02).

Seventy-five percent of HS thought that minors’ access could entail a risk of infection for the children. Of the survey respondents, 60% believed that the environment could intimidate the minor, and 66.7% thought that the patient's condition could affect the child. They would permit 0–6-year-old minors to access the ICU if the patient was dying (70.6% MS/41% NS, p=.04), awake and alert (77.8% MS/57.5% NE) and close relatives (parents) (66.7% MS/60% NS).

Conclusions

HS support minors visiting an adult intensive care unit if they are >6 years old. HS show a more positive attitude towards visits in special circumstances such as close relatives, awake patient, and death regardless of their age. The reasons for restriction of visits are: environment, patient's condition and risk of infection.

NS show a less positive attitude in relation to visits.

Keywords:
Minors
Visitors to patients
Health personnel
Critical care
Nursing
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Objetivo

Determinar las opiniones del equipo asistencial (EA) ante la visita de menores en una unidad de cuidados intensivos de adultos.

Método

Estudio descriptivo transversal en una unidad de cuidados intensivos de adultos con un EA de 62 personas, entre septiembre-diciembre 2017. Se utilizó el cuestionario de Knutsson con 10 preguntas cerradas con espacio para comentarios y 2 abiertas.

Selección de los encuestados mediante muestreo de conveniencia. Estadística descriptiva con frecuencias absolutas y porcentajes. Prueba de Chi2 o Fisher. Significación p<0,05.

Resultados

Se recogieron 61 cuestionarios: 70,5% correspondían a personal de enfermería (PE).

El 50% de profesionales médicos (PM) restringiría la entrada de menores de 0-6 años frente al 76,2% de PE (p=0,04). Entre 7-12 años, el 16,7% de PM la limitaría frente al 46,5% del PE (p=0,02).

El 75% del EA opinó que la entrada podía significar riesgo de infección para el menor. El 60% creyó que el entorno podía intimidarlo y el 66,7% que podía impresionarlo el estado del paciente. Permitirían la entrada de menores de 0-6 años, si el paciente se estuviera muriendo (70,6% PM y 41% PE) p=0,04), despierto (77,8% PM y 57,5% PE) o parentesco cercano (padre/madre) (66,7% PM y 60% PE).

Conclusiones

El EA es partidario de la visita con una edad >6 años. En circunstancias especiales: parentesco cercano, paciente despierto o muerte son más permisivos independientemente de la edad. Los motivos de restricción son: entorno, estado y riesgo de infección.

El PE es más restrictivo ante la visita.

Palabras clave:
Menores
Visitas a pacientes
Personal de salud
Cuidados intensivos
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