Caring for patients with end‐stage renal disease during COVID‐19 lockdown: What (additional) challenges to family caregivers?

• Author(s): Sousa, Helena ; Frontini, Roberta ; Ribeiro, Oscar ; Paúl, Constança ; Costa, Elisio ; Amado, Leonilde ; Miranda, Vasco ; Ribeiro, Fernando ; Figueiredo, Daniela
• Date: 2021
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/7172
• Origin: IC-online
• Subject(s): Coronavirus; COVID-19; End-stage renal disease; Family caregivers; Haemodialysis; Qualitative study
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório IC-Online

Description

Caring for a patient with end‐stage renal disease undergoing in‐centre haemodialysis can be a stressful experience, likely to involve significant burden. Within the context of the new coronavirus pandemic, these patients are highly vulnerable to infection by COVID‐19, which might increase the care demands and burden of family caregivers.