Results of Emotional Support Activities During Hospital Admission With a Diagnosis of COVID19

This is a cross-sectional descriptive study to be carried out at the Consorci Corporació
Sanitària Parc Taulí (CCSPT). The results of this study will provide information on the care
received by patients admitted to COVID 19 affected by anxiety, fear or loneliness, the
perceived impact of this care and will enable measures to be implemented to improve nursing
care in the future. 450 patients, randomly selected from the Hospital de Sabadell database,
will be included. In the sample, we will ensure that the proportion of women and men is in
line with the distribution of the population to enable the incorporation of the gender
perspective in the analyses. The quantitative variables will be described by means of their
mean and standard deviation. Qualitative variables will be described in absolute and relative
frequencies. In order to evaluate the suitability of the intervention to the needs of the
patient, a table of concordance will be constructed between the actions proposed by the panel
of experts and the actions carried out as referred by the patient. The kappa concordance
index will be calculated and the degree of concordance will be classified according to the
Landis and Koch scale. As regards the effectiveness of the intervention, the patients who
were treated correctly and those who were not will be identified, and the percentage of
positive impacts according to Csq-8 between the two groups will be compared by means of the
Chi-square test.