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- Title
Psychological symptoms in relatives of critically ill patients (ICU families): a prospective multicenter study.
- Authors
Hoffmann, M.; Jeitziner, M.-M.; Riedl, R.; Eller, P.; Amrein, K.; ICU-Families Study Group; Schefold, J. C.; von Lewinski, D.; Verheyen, N.; Heindl, P.; Bachlechner, A.; Holl, A. K.; Pieber, T. R.; Sendlhofer, G.
- Abstract
We aimed to examine the degree to which relatives of ICU patients are affected by PTSD symptoms shortly after ICU admission (T0) and 30 days later (T30) [[5]]. The IES score was significantly higher at both T0 and T30 among relatives that had been present at the event that led to the patient's ICU admission ( I n i = 21, 52.5%) versus those who had not been present ( I n i = 19, 47.5%); T0 was 35.1 ± 9.2 versus 26.1 ± 15.6 ( I p i = 0.037), and T30 was 28.6 ± 9.8 versus 20.6 ± 10.6 ( I p i = 0.018) (Fig. A large percentage of relatives of ICU patients showed severe symptoms over the whole observation period - especially when relatives had been present at the event that led to ICU admission.
- Subjects
FAMILY history (Medicine); LONGITUDINAL method; CRITICALLY ill; FAMILIES; IMPACT of Event Scale; INTENSIVE care units; RESEARCH; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; EVALUATION research; CATASTROPHIC illness; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2020, Vol 46, Issue 5, p1060
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-020-05997-5