Exploring Clients' Experiences of Transitioning Mental Health Nursing Care from an In-Person to a Virtual Format due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Autor:	Domingue JL; University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.; Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Murata L; Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Ukagwu C; Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Pryer B; Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Patel S; Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Neves J; University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada., Iqbal T; Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres [Can J Nurs Res] 2024 Mar; Vol. 56 (1), pp. 69-80. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 13.
DOI:	10.1177/08445621231221033
Abstrakt:	The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led mental health professionals to change the way they engaged with clients, often replacing in-person consultations with virtual ones via telephone or videoconferencing. While studies have investigated the delivery of virtual physical health care, only a handful have investigated the delivery of virtual mental health. These specifically focussed on the outcomes of virtual care whether experiential, practical, or empirical. The transition from in-person to virtual care delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been unexplored. Accordingly, the purpose of the study was to: (1) Explore the experiences of clients who had to transition from an in-person to a virtual provision of mental health care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and; (2) Explore the nurses' experiences of this technological transition. Using an interpretive phenomenology methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nurses and clients who have experienced the in-person to virtual transition of service delivery at a tertiary mental health hospital in Ontario, Canada. In this article, we focus on the results stemming from our interviews with clients. The themes generated from the analysis of client experiences are 1) the psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clients, (2) mixed feelings of clients towards nursing care delivered via technological means and (3) the role of nurses regarding transitioning of in-person care to technology-mediated care. These findings are relevant as mental health care hospitals are considering how they will deliver services once concerns with the transmission of the COVID-19 virus are resolved. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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