The Development of a Multidisciplinary Support Network to Support Hospitalized Pediatric Patients, Their Families, and Hospital Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

IF 0.8 Q4 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Medical Acupuncture Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-14 DOI:10.1089/acu.2023.0011
Jennifer Lee, Susanne M Bifano, Michelle J Bombacie, Divya Lakhaney, Dara M Steinberg, Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay, Rechelle Porter, Stacy L Stenglein, Melanie A Gold
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to emotional and behavioral challenges for hospitalized pediatric patients, their families, and staff. Visitor restrictions, closure of patient lounges and playrooms, masking requirements, and enhanced isolation rules resulted in limited access to typical sources of psychosocial support during this traumatic event. Complementary and integrative health therapies such as acupuncture and related therapies are well suited to provide the humanitarian support patients and families need during times of crisis.

Objective: The Multidisciplinary Support Network (i.e., Network) was formed to redesign the delivery of acupuncture and other integrative therapies alongside psychosocial support for hospitalized children, their families, and staff.

Intervention: Network members represented a broad range of previously siloed disciplines including integrative therapies, art therapy, child life, nursing, pastoral care, adolescent medicine, pediatric hospital medicine, psychology, and child and adolescent psychiatry. The Network aimed to identify gaps in service and create resources to support children and families during this challenging time.

Results: The Network compiled existing complementary and integrative services, provided training on integrative therapies to staff, pediatric trainees, and faculty, developed the Comfort Box containing items to provide symptom relief including pain, anxiety and difficulty sleeping, as well as closed-circuit programming, a pediatric companionship program connecting medical student volunteer companions with pediatric patients, and a well-being workbook.

Conclusion: Collaborative teamwork across disciplines using integrative therapies was key to humanitarian efforts to support hospitalized children and their families during this crisis.

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开发多学科支持网络,在 COVID-19 大流行期间为住院儿科患者、其家人和医院员工提供支持。
背景:COVID-19 大流行给住院的儿科病人、其家人和工作人员带来了情感和行为上的挑战。探视限制、关闭病人休息室和游戏室、戴口罩要求和强化隔离规则导致在这一创伤性事件中获得典型社会心理支持的途径受到限制。针灸和相关疗法等补充和综合健康疗法非常适合在危机时期为病人和家属提供所需的人道主义支持:多学科支持网络(即 "网络")的成立是为了重新设计针灸和其他综合疗法,同时为住院儿童、其家人和工作人员提供心理支持:干预措施:网络成员代表了以前各自为政的众多学科,包括综合疗法、艺术疗法、儿童生活、护理、牧师关怀、青少年医学、儿科医院医学、心理学以及儿童和青少年精神病学。该网络旨在找出服务方面的差距,并创造资源,在这一充满挑战的时期为儿童和家庭提供支持:该网络汇编了现有的补充和综合服务,为员工、儿科受训人员和教职员工提供了综合疗法培训,开发了 "舒适箱"(Comfort Box),内含缓解疼痛、焦虑和睡眠困难等症状的物品,还开发了闭路程序、儿科陪伴计划(将医学生志愿者陪伴者与儿科患者联系起来)和幸福工作手册:结论:在这场危机中,采用综合疗法的跨学科团队合作是支持住院儿童及其家庭的人道主义工作的关键。
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