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dc.contributor.authorStängle, Sabrina-
dc.contributor.authorDomeisen Benedetti, Franzisca-
dc.contributor.authorHediger, Hannele-
dc.contributor.authorBonmarin, Mathias-
dc.contributor.authorLoeser, Martin-
dc.contributor.authorFringer, André-
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-27T08:59:27Z-
dc.date.available2022-07-27T08:59:27Z-
dc.date.issued2022-07-08-
dc.identifier.issn1472-6955de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25353-
dc.description.abstractBackground: There is limited data on the use of digital technologies in outpatient care in Switzerland. Our objectives were therefore to determine which digital technologies are used and whether they had an impact on loneliness and social isolation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was used with a convenience sample of 1272 outpatient care providers in Switzerland. The questionnaire used is based on an unsystematic literature review and a previous qualitative study with six outpatient caregivers and two caring relatives, based on which the 30 items for this questionnaire were developed. Data were analyzed descriptively, and group comparisons were made using the Kruskal Wallis test. Changes over time were measured using Friedman test with Bonferroni post hoc tests and Wilcoxon test for paired samples. Results: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was evident both on the part of the health care system, e.g., inadequate protective equipment; on the part of health care providers, e.g., increasing fatigue in keeping abreast of the virus as the pandemic progressed; and on the part of clients, who reduced services of care, e.g., out of fear of infection. According to the assessment of the outpatient caregivers, loneliness and social isolation of the clients was high in spring 2020 and increased strongly in the following winter. Alternative solutions, such as digital technologies, were hardly used or not used at all by the clients. Conclusions: The results suggest that the pandemic is dramatically impacting clients. This highlights the urgent need to invest in the development of appropriate digital technologies reducing the impact of social isolation and loneliness and the associated long-term costs to the healthcare system.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherBioMed Centralde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Nursingde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectAmbulatory carede_CH
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicde_CH
dc.subjectDigital technologyde_CH
dc.subjectSurveyde_CH
dc.subjectSwitzerlandde_CH
dc.subject.ddc004: Informatikde_CH
dc.subject.ddc150: Psychologiede_CH
dc.titleUse of digital technologies to combat loneliness and social isolation : a cross-sectional study in Swiss outpatient care during COVID-19 pandemicde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementGesundheitde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Engineeringde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Pflege (IPF)de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitute of Computational Physics (ICP)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-25353-
dc.identifier.pmid35804371de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue1de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.start181de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume21de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedSensors and Measuring Systemsde_CH
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zhaw.funding.zhawUse of digital tools for socially isolated people in home care and their relatives during social distancing – digital support against social isolation (DASI)de_CH
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zhaw.monitoring.costperiod2022de_CH
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Stängle, S., Domeisen Benedetti, F., Hediger, H., Bonmarin, M., Loeser, M., & Fringer, A. (2022). Use of digital technologies to combat loneliness and social isolation : a cross-sectional study in Swiss outpatient care during COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Nursing, 21(1), 181. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7
Stängle, S. et al. (2022) ‘Use of digital technologies to combat loneliness and social isolation : a cross-sectional study in Swiss outpatient care during COVID-19 pandemic’, BMC Nursing, 21(1), p. 181. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7.
S. Stängle, F. Domeisen Benedetti, H. Hediger, M. Bonmarin, M. Loeser, and A. Fringer, “Use of digital technologies to combat loneliness and social isolation : a cross-sectional study in Swiss outpatient care during COVID-19 pandemic,” BMC Nursing, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 181, Jul. 2022, doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7.
STÄNGLE, Sabrina, Franzisca DOMEISEN BENEDETTI, Hannele HEDIGER, Mathias BONMARIN, Martin LOESER und André FRINGER, 2022. Use of digital technologies to combat loneliness and social isolation : a cross-sectional study in Swiss outpatient care during COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Nursing. 8 Juli 2022. Bd. 21, Nr. 1, S. 181. DOI 10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7
Stängle, Sabrina, Franzisca Domeisen Benedetti, Hannele Hediger, Mathias Bonmarin, Martin Loeser, and André Fringer. 2022. “Use of Digital Technologies to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation : A Cross-Sectional Study in Swiss Outpatient Care during COVID-19 Pandemic.” BMC Nursing 21 (1): 181. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7.
Stängle, Sabrina, et al. “Use of Digital Technologies to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation : A Cross-Sectional Study in Swiss Outpatient Care during COVID-19 Pandemic.” BMC Nursing, vol. 21, no. 1, July 2022, p. 181, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00946-7.


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