… , geriatric patients transferred from home or the hospital to a long-term care facility, … critical
care literature on anxiety after transfer from IC U refers to the condition as 24 CRITICAL, CARE …

… as transfer anxiety, relocation anxiety, or translocation anxiety. There is the possibility that …
Leith BA 1998 Transfer anxiety in critical care Patients and their family members. Critical Care …

… trials comparing an intervention to reduce transfer anxiety with standard care, where
transfer anxiety is measured by the validated State Trait Anxiety Inventory, were included. Data …

… transfers at night time are more anxiety provoking for patients than transfers in the day time.
… if the time of ward transfer (day versus night) exacerbates patient anxiety, which would in turn …

… anxiety experienced by Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients just before transfer to the ward
and then twice after transfer to the ward in order to test the hypothesis that anxiety levels would …

… Both admission and discharge in the critical care units can cause anxiety in the patients …
transfer anxiety in patients and their caregivers due to being transferred from the intensive care …

… on the development of transfer anxiety in patients being transferred from the intensive care
unit to the ward. … Transfer of a patient from the intensive care unit to the ward could lead to …

… There was no difference in anxiety scores between the … the liaison nurse in terms of pre-transfer
anxiety, however it highlights several … of transfer anxiety and finally the intervention itself. …

… that transfer anxiety exists for families and be knowledgable about ways to reduce its
occurrence. In fact, critical care nurses are well placed to prepare families for transfer which should …

… Anxiety increased significantly with reduced social support (P = 0.002). Following transfer,
anxiety … Conclusion: Families at the time of transfer experience uncertainty and anxiety, which …