Table 1. Visiting policies in the surveyed intensive care units, Fars, southern Iran, 2009.

Open policy		Number	%
	Yes	7	9.9
	No	64	90.1
Daily visiting time
	No visitation	28	39.4
	Up to 1 hour	17	23.9
	1.5-2 hour	11	15.5
	>2 hours	15	21.2
Frequency of visit per week
	0 days	28	39.4
	2 days	2	2.8
	3 days	1	1.4
	Every day	40	56.4
Number of visitors at a time
	0 person	28	39.4
	One person	21	29.6
	2 persons	22	31
Visit by children permitted
	Yes	0	0
	No	66	93
	Sometimes	5	7
In-charge of visiting hours
	Nurse in-charge	16	22.5
	Physician	7	9.9
	Hospital authorities	40	56.3
	Group decision	3	4.2
	Unknown	5	7.1
Decision on exceptional events
	Nurse in-charge	48	67.6
	Physician	10	14.1
	both	13	18.3
Telephone Information provision
	Yes	65	91.6
	No	6	8.4
The person receiving telephone information
	No one	6	8.4
	Immediate family	19	26.8
	Relatives	46	64.8