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Experiences of Inter-Hospital Transfers (IHT) by Patients and Relatives during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France: A Qualitative Study

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  • Nicolas Chauliac

    (Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France
    Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290 & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Domaine Rockefeller, F-69008 Lyon, France)

  • Germain Salome

    (Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France)

  • Juliette Cheucle

    (Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Est, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69008 Lyon, France)

  • Lou Cochennec De Biase

    (Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Est, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69008 Lyon, France)

  • Perrine Galia

    (Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France)

  • Audrey Thomas

    (Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France)

  • Olivier Grimaud

    (Univ Rennes, EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes-UMR 6051, RSMS-U 1309, F-35000 Rennes, France)

  • Jean-Marc Philippe

    (Direction Générale de la Santé, Ministère de la Santé et de la Prévention, F-75007 Paris, France)

  • Philippe Vignaud

    (Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France)

  • Nathalie Prieto

    (Centre Régional du Psychotraumatisme Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France)

Abstract

Background: The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic led to a rapid and unexpected saturation of the French ICU, forcing the health care system to adapt. Among other emergency measures, inter-hospital transfers were carried out. Objective: To assess the psychological experience of patients and their relatives regarding inter-hospital transfers. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with transferred patients and their relatives. A phenomenological study design was used to examine subjective experiences and their meanings for the participants. Results: The analysis found nine axes pertaining to the experiences of IHT (inter-hospital transfers), grouped in three super-ordinate themes: Information about inter-hospital transfers, differences in patients’ and relatives’ experiences, and host hospital experience. It appears that patients felt little impacted by the transfers, unlike relatives who experienced intense anxiety when the transfer was announced. Good communications between patients and their relatives resulted in a good level of satisfaction regarding their host hospitals. COVID-19 and its somatic consequences seem to have had more psychological impact on the participants than the transfers by themselves. Conclusion: Our results suggest that there are limited current psychological consequences of the IHT implemented during the first wave of COVID-19, although the involvement of patients and their relatives in the organization of the IHT at the time of transfer could further limit them.

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  • Nicolas Chauliac & Germain Salome & Juliette Cheucle & Lou Cochennec De Biase & Perrine Galia & Audrey Thomas & Olivier Grimaud & Jean-Marc Philippe & Philippe Vignaud & Nathalie Prieto, 2023. "Experiences of Inter-Hospital Transfers (IHT) by Patients and Relatives during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France: A Qualitative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:5:p:4660-:d:1089190
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