Table 4.
Impact of restriction policies compared by participating centres
| NNUH (25) |
ASPH (27) |
SMH (31) |
UHW (10) |
SJHMC (51) |
BSW (80) |
P value* | |
| Partner visiting less often | 13/23 (57) | 14/26 (53) | 11/31 (35) | 2/9 (22) | 13/46 (28) | 31/79(39) | 0.18 |
| Not enough bonding | 17/23 (74) | 12/23 (52) | 6/25 (24) | 2/8 (25) | 13/40 (33) | 28/72 (39) | 0.02 |
| Unable to participate in cares | 13/23 (57) | 9/23 (39) | 3/25 (12) | 1/8 (13) | 6/40 (15) | 19/72 (26) | 0.01 |
| Unable to receive updates | 7/23 (30) | 8/23 (35) | 5/25 (20) | 1/8 (13) | 2/40 (5) | 14/72 (19) | 0.08† |
| Bring milk and supplies | 6/23 (26) | 3/23 (13) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9/72 (13) | 0.02† |
| Breast feeding | 0.01‡ | ||||||
| No impact | 3/15 (20) | 10/24 (42) | 18/26 (69) | 5/7 (71) | 26/41 (63) | 34/58 (59) | |
| Mild impact | 6/15 (40) | 7/24 (29) | 7/26 (27) | 2/7 (29) | 14/41 (34) | 14/58 (24) | |
| Severe impact | 6/15 (40) | 7/24 (29) | 1/26 (4) | 0 (0) | 1/41 (3) | 10/58 (17) | |
Data are n (%).
*Analysed by chi-square test unless specified.
†Fisher’s exact test.
‡Kruskal-Wallis test.
ASPH, Ashford and St Peter's Hospital; BSW, Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center; NNUH, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital; SJHMC, St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center; SMH, St Michael’s Hospital; UHW, University Hospital of Wales.