Communication and visiting policies in Italian intensive care units during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave and lockdown: a nationwide survey

Table 2 Changes in visiting policies in adult ICUs

	Prepandemic	First pandemic wave	P-value
Permission to visit patients - no. (%)
Daily	163 (100)	8 (4)	< 0.001
2–3 times per week	0	10 (5)
For major events only	0	81 (40)
No	0	103 (51)
Physical contact allowed	159 (98)	28 (28)	< 0.001
Which family member visits? - no. (%)	/161	/57	< 0.001
Mainly the same family member	13 (8)	36 (63)
Mainly the same family members	99 (61)	15 (26)
Any family member	30 (19)	4 (7)
Anyone	19 (12)	2 (4)

Table 2 Table summarizes the ICU visiting policies of the participating centers. The prepandemic period refers to 163 ICUs, while the first pandemic wave refers to 202 ICUs. The percentage of the third item refers to the responding ICUs that allowed some visits in the ICU.

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