Objectives: Informal caregivers—that is, close family and friends providing unpaid emotional
or instrumental care—of patients admitted to ICUs are at risk for posttraumatic stress …

Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Impact Event Scale-Revisited
assessed following ICU discharge to predict the emergence of post-traumatic stress disorder …

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 …

As critical illness–related mortality has decreased, inter-est has increased in the mental
health of critical illness survivors to better understand their quality of survivorship. Over the …

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 …

Objective: To conduct a systematic review and metaanalysis of the prevalence, risk factors,
and prevention/treatment strategies for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in critical …

Background Family members of patients in intensive care are at increased risk for
psychological symptoms. Objectives To compare levels of posttraumatic stress disorder …

Background Prolonged mechanical ventilation for acute medical conditions increases the
risk of chronic critical illness (CCI). Close family members are confronted with the life …

Background To explore the effect of end of life and other palliative decision making
scenarios on the mental health of family members of patients in the neuro-intensive care …

Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of symptoms of anxiety, depression,
and posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive …