More than 5 million patients are admitted to ICUs each year in the United States alone. ICUs
are stressful environments given the patients' medical severity, family emotional experience …

Aim Admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a stressful event and unforeseen crisis for the
caregivers. Burden and psychosocial distress among caregivers in the ICU were …

Many prior nursing studies regarding family members specifically of neuroscience intensive
care unit (neuro-ICU) patients have focused on identifying their primary needs. A concept …

Purpose Family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients are sometimes highly
distressed and report lower satisfaction with communication and emotional support from …

Objectives This study aims to explore the potential mediating role of resilience between care
burden and depressive symptoms in family caregivers of stroke patients. Methods A cross …

OBJECTIVES: To identify the psychologic impact of admission to the ICU on the relatives of
critically ill patients, the influence of coping, and the factors involved. DESIGN: We …

Purpose/Objective: The intensive care unit (ICU) has been identified as a possible
contributor to emotional distress. This study seeks to identify whether families of traumatic …

A pilot study was conducted to identify support behaviors associated with the psychological
adjustment of 39 critically-injured patients and 39 family members. Although the majority of …

Objective To study the role of parental resilience, emotions accessed during admission and
perceived stress in predicting the degree of parental posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Objectives: The ICU is a complex and stressful environment and is associated with
significant psychologic morbidity for patients and their families. We sought to determine …