Chiya Mondli, Jooste Karien, Williams Amy
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville, South Africa.
Health SA. 2025 Mar 25;30:2754. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v30i0.2754. eCollection 2025.
Family members value each other, particularly during troubled times, and the consequences of a sudden disruption to their family environment could imply difficult adjustments, affecting their well-being. They did not expect that a family member would get severely ill due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It was unclear what the experiences of family members were on the sudden hospitalisation of a close relative diagnosed with COVID-19.
To gain insight into the experiences of family members with a close relative unexpectedly hospitalised with COVID-19.
Two health clinics in Cape Town, were identified that family members visited after the hospitalisation of a close relative with COVID-19.
A descriptive phenomenological design was followed including 11 participants, heterogeneously purposefully sampled. Individual interviews lasted 30 min- 45 min, posing semi-structured questions - probing led to thematic saturation. Data coding resulted in four themes with 11 categories.
Nursing communication with communities during COVID-19 could identify the presence of emotionally wounded states of family members. Nurses should be competent in techniques to relieve the fear of families around their isolated hospitalised relatives. Further research can explore family-orientated interventions needed to deal with fear of losing a hospitalised relative being critically ill.
The need of families for 'nearness' to a close relative needed to be understood - it meant more than physical proximity.
Mindful nurses should act as comforters to families to relieve fear around possible changes in an unknown future due to a critically ill family member.
家庭成员相互珍视，尤其是在困难时期，家庭环境的突然破坏可能意味着艰难的调整，影响他们的幸福感。他们没想到家庭成员会因2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）而重病。尚不清楚确诊感染COVID-19的近亲突然住院时，其家庭成员的经历是怎样的。
深入了解近亲因COVID-19意外住院的家庭成员的经历。
确定了开普敦的两家健康诊所，家庭成员在近亲因COVID-19住院后会前往就诊。
采用描述性现象学设计，包括11名参与者，进行异质性目的抽样。个人访谈持续30至45分钟，提出半结构化问题——深入探究直至主题饱和。数据编码产生了四个主题和11个类别。
COVID-19期间护士与社区的沟通可以识别家庭成员情绪受伤状态的存在。护士应具备缓解家人对其隔离住院亲属恐惧的技巧。进一步的研究可以探索应对失去重症住院亲属恐惧所需的以家庭为导向的干预措施。
需要理解家人对与近亲“亲近”的需求——这不仅仅意味着身体上的接近。
有同理心的护士应成为家人的安慰者，以缓解因重症家庭成员而对未知未来可能变化产生的恐惧。
