Resiliency is independently associated with greater quality of life among informal caregivers to neuroscience intensive care unit patients

EL Zale, TJ Heinhuis, T Tehan, D Salgueiro… - General hospital …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Every year, millions of Americans become informal caregivers to loved ones
admitted to Neuroscience Intensive Care Units (Neuro-ICU), and face challenges to Quality …

Gender differences in longitudinal associations between intimate care, resiliency, and depression among informal caregivers of patients surviving the neuroscience …

A Lin, AM Vranceanu, M Guanci, D Salgueiro… - Neurocritical Care, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background/Objective Informal caregivers (eg, family and friends) are at risk for
developing depression, which can be detrimental to both caregiver and patient functioning …

Psychosocial resiliency is associated with lower emotional distress among dyads of patients and their informal caregivers in the neuroscience intensive care unit

KM Shaffer, E Riklin, JM Jacobs, J Rosand… - Journal of critical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of the study is to examine the associations of patients' and their
informal caregivers' psychosocial resiliency factors with their own and their partners' emotion …

Mindfulness and coping are inversely related to psychiatric symptoms in patients and informal caregivers in the neuroscience ICU: implications for clinical care

KM Shaffer, E Riklin, JM Jacobs, J Rosand… - Critical care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To assess the correlation of psychosocial resiliency factors (mindfulness and
coping) with symptoms of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression in patients recently …

Caregiver burden and emotional wellbeing in informal caregivers to ICU survivors—A prospective cohort study

A Milton, A Schandl, IM Larsson… - Acta …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Informal caregivers to intensive care unit (ICU) survivors may develop post‐
intensive care syndrome family (PICS‐F), including depression, anxiety and post‐traumatic …

Associations between gender, resiliency factors, and anxiety in neuro-ICU caregivers: A prospective study

EG Lester, IH Silverman, MV Gates, A Lin… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Informal caregivers of patients admitted to the neuroscience intensive care unit
(Neuro-ICU) are at risk for developing chronic anxiety. Resiliency factors may reduce risk …

Baseline resilience and posttraumatic symptoms in dyads of neurocritical patients and their informal caregivers: a prospective dyadic analysis

EE Meyers, KM Shaffer, M Gates, A Lin, J Rosand… - Psychosomatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Admission to a neuroscience intensive care unit (Neuro-ICU) is sudden and
often traumatic for both patients and their informal caregivers. No prior studies have …

Can a dyadic resiliency program improve quality of life in cognitively intact dyads of neuro-ICU survivors and informal caregivers? Results from a pilot RCT

EG Lester, RA Mace, SM Bannon, PJ Popok… - Neurocritical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Neuro-ICU hospitalization for an acute neurological illness is often traumatic
and associated with heightened emotional distress and reduced quality of life (QoL) for both …

Thematic analysis of psychosocial stressors and adaptive coping strategies among informal caregivers of patients surviving ICU admission for coma

DY Hwang, SM Bannon, K Meurer, R Kubota… - Neurocritical care, 2024 - Springer
Background Family caregivers of patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) admitted to
intensive care units (ICUs) with coma experience heightened emotional distress stemming …

Baseline resilience and depression symptoms predict trajectory of depression in dyads of patients and their informal caregivers following discharge from the Neuro …

E Meyers, A Lin, E Lester, K Shaffer, J Rosand… - General Hospital …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To explore the impact of resiliency factors on the longitudinal trajectory of
depressive symptoms in patients admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (Neuro …