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Strategies to Enhance Patient Privacy in the Emergency Department
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Mohammad Enayati Ranjbar Ghorbanabadi    , Samaneh Mirzaei , Mehdi Bagherabadi , Mehdi Askari Zaman , Behzad Ghasemi Shoork , Khadijeh Nasiriani * |
| Spiritual Health Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , nasiriani@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (11 Views) |
Background & aim: Privacy is not just only a fundamental human right but an ethical commitment that affects patient trust and care quality. In the emergency department, patient overcrowding and inadequate physical space pose significant challenges to privacy protection. Therefore, identifying and implementing strategies to enhance privacy is essential. This study aimed to identify and clarify strategies for enhancing patient privacy from the perspectives of emergency department experts.
Methods: This study used Delphi-style expert panel comprising 12 emergency department staff from teaching hospitals, selected through purposive sampling. A preliminary list of privacy-enhancing strategies was first derived through a literature review and subsequently presented to the expert panel for appraisal and refinement. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis.
Results: According to the findings, the majority of participants were female (66.66%), married (91.66%), educated to bachelor's degree level (58.3%), and employed as nurses (84%). Six strategic domains for enhancing patient privacy were identified: education development, guideline formulation, management enhancement, environmental changes, improvement of care performance, and further research.
Conclusion: Enhancing patient privacy in emergency departments requires a multilevel approach encompassing policy development, organizational improvement, physical redesign of emergency spaces, staff training, strengthened managerial oversight, and revised care delivery practices. Further research in this area is warranted. |
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| Keywords: Privacy, Patient, Emergency Department. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/09/7 | Accepted: 2026/08/26 | Published: 2026/08/26
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