Objectives: To describe clinical practice interventions aimed at providing Family-Centred Care in intensive care
units during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research methodology: A systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA recommendations in various
databases: PubMed, Cinahl, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar were consulted, as well as within the
grey literature found on the web pages of official organizations related to Intensive Care Medicine and Nursing.
Setting: Adult intensive care unit.
Results: The search yielded 209 documents of which 24 were included in this review: eight qualitative studies,
seven protocols and recommendations from official bodies, one mixed-method studies, five descriptive studies,
one cross-sectional study, one pilot program and one literature review. A thematic analysis revealed four major
themes: the use of communication systems, multidisciplinary interventions; the promotion of family engagement
and family support. The results show different strategies that can be implemented in clinical practice to solve the
difficulties encountered in Family-Centred Care in critical care units during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusions: There is a great variety in the nature of the interventions developed, with the use of telecommu-
nication systems in daily practice being the most repeated aspect. Future research should aim to assess whether
the interventions implemented increase the quality of patient and family care by meeting their needs
