Relatives Experience More Psychological Distress Due to COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Visitation Restrictions Than In-Patients

• Main Authors: Sabine Felser (Author), Corinna Sewtz (Author), Ursula Kriesen (Author), Brigitte Kragl (Author), Till Hamann (Author), Felix Bock (Author), Daniel Fabian Strüder (Author), Clemens Schafmayer (Author), Désirée-Louise Dräger (Author), Christian Junghanss (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic led to visiting restrictions (VRs) of patients in hospitals. Social contacts between patients' relatives play an important role in convalescence. Isolation may cause new psychological comorbidity. The present study investigated the psychological distress of VR in...