Preventing chronic emotional distress in stroke survivors and their informal caregivers

JL McCurley, CJ Funes, EL Zale, A Lin, M Jacobo… - Neurocritical care, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background/Objective Chronic emotional distress (eg, depression, anxiety, post-
traumatic stress) is common after stroke and interdependent between patients and their …

Psychological distress among the family members of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients: A scoping review

A Abdul Halain, LY Tang, MC Chong… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To map research‐based psychological distress among the family
members with patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Background Having a loved one in …

Impact of prior ICU experience on ICU patient family members' psychological distress: a descriptive study

CL Lewis, JZ Taylor - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To determine if current levels of anxiety, depression and acute stress disorder
symptoms differ significantly among family members of intensive-care-unit patients …

Quality of life in family caregivers of patients in the intensive care unit: a longitudinal study

HB Alfheim, MC Småstuen, K Hofsø, K Tøien… - Australian Critical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Family caregivers of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) experience
impairments in the quality of life. Previous studies report that psychological quality of life …

Palliative care needs assessment in the neuro-ICU: effect on family

CJ Creutzfeldt, MG Hanna, CS Cheever, AV Lele… - Neurocritical care, 2017 - Springer
Background Examine the association of a daily palliative care needs checklist on outcomes
for family members of patients discharged from the neurosciences intensive care unit (neuro …

Impact of chronic critical illness on the psychological outcomes of family members

RL Hickman Jr, SL Douglas - AACN advanced critical care, 2010 - AACN
The uncertain trajectory of chronic critical illness exposes the patient's family to heightened
levels of psychological distress. Symptoms of psychological distress affect more than half of …

Psychological symptoms of family members of high-risk intensive care unit patients

JL McAdam, DK Fontaine, DB White, KA Dracup… - American Journal of …, 2012 - AACN
Background Family members of patients in intensive care are at increased risk for
psychological symptoms. Objectives To compare levels of posttraumatic stress disorder …

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 …

Caregiver strain and posttraumatic stress symptoms of informal caregivers of intensive care unit survivors.

S van den Born-van Zanten… - Rehabilitation …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: Many intensive care unit survivors (ICU) are confronted with undesirable and
long-lasting impairments in physical, cognitive, and mental health, but not only patients are …

Health-related quality of life in family members of intensive care unit patients

V Lemiale, N Kentish-Barnes, M Chaize… - Journal of palliative …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Objective: The intensive care unit (ICU) experience has been reported to cause adverse
health effects in families during and after the ICU stay. The objective of this study was to …