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- Title
A study of the psychological distress in family caregivers of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness during in-hospital rehabilitation.
- Authors
Moretta, Pasquale; Estraneo, Anna; De Lucia, Lucia; Cardinale, Viviana; Loreto, Vincenzo; Trojano, Luigi
- Abstract
The article focuses on the study on the psychological distress in family caregivers of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness during hospital stay in Neurorehabilitation unit. It states that the study was conducted on 24 caregivers of 22 patients affected by prolonged disorders of consciousness admitted to prostate rehabilitation center. It showed the admission depressive symptoms found in 20 caregivers, high levels of anxiety, and psychophysiological disturbances.
- Subjects
ITALY; REHABILITATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; CAREGIVERS; STATISTICAL correlation; HOSPITAL wards; LONGITUDINAL method; NEUROLOGIC manifestations of general diseases; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; U-statistics; DATA analysis; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Clinical Rehabilitation, 2014, Vol 28, Issue 7, p717
- ISSN
0269-2155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269215514521826