Trial reportIntensive care medicine2005
Returning home after intensive care: a comparison of symptoms of anxiety and depression in ICU and elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Depression in general intensive care unit survivors: a systematic review.Intensive care medicine · 2009Pooled it
- Influence on Depression, Anxiety, and Satisfaction of the Relatives' Visit to Intensive Care Units prior to Hospital Admission for Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of clinical practice · 2022Trial
- Observational protocol on neuropsychological disorders in cardiovascular disease for holistic prevention and treatment.Future cardiology · 2025Article
- Decision-making Preferences and Levels of Anxiety and Depression in Family Members of Patients Admitted to the ICU.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Associations between Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Domains in Cardiac Arrest Survivors and Their Families One Month Post-Event.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Risk factors associated with post-intensive care syndrome in family members (PICS-F): A prospective observational study.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2023Article
- Psychological Attachment Orientation and Long-Term Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Family Members of ICU Patients.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- Attachment insecurities, caregiver burden, and psychological distress among partners of patients with heart disease.PloS one · 2022Article
- Left alone outside: A prospective observational cohort study on mental health outcomes among relatives of COVID-19 hospitalized patients.Psychiatry research · 2022Observational
- Peer Support for Post Intensive Care Syndrome Self-Management (PS-PICS): Study protocol for peer mentor training.Journal of advanced nursing · 2021Article
- Health problems among family caregivers of former intensive care unit (ICU) patients: an interview study.BJGP open · 2020Article
- Families of patients in ICU: A Scoping review of their needs and satisfaction with care.Nursing open · 2019Article
- Pre-surgical Caregiver Burden and Anxiety Are Associated with Post-Surgery Cortisol over the Day in Caregivers of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- Sex and spouse conditions influence symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder in both patients admitted to intensive care units and their spouses.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva · 2018Article
- The Effectiveness of Hand Massage on Pain in Critically Ill Patients After Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
- Reported burden on informal caregivers of ICU survivors: a literature review.Critical care (London, England) · 2016Review
- Care and caring in the intensive care unit: Family members' distress and perceptions about staff skills, communication, and emotional support.Journal of critical care · 2015Article
- Emotional disorders in pairs of patients and their family members during and after ICU stay.PloS one · 2015Article
- Position paper on the importance of psychosocial factors in cardiology: Update 2013.German medical science : GMS e-journal · 2014Article
- Managing futility in critically ill patients with cardiac disease.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2013Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study gathered data on symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients and relatives after discharge from intensive care and examined whether the intensive care population differ from an elective cardiac surgery group with regards to their anxiety and depression symptom reporting. DESIGN AND
settingA single measurement point matched group comparison study in an ICU follow-up programme. PATIENTS AND
participantsTwenty ICU patients and their relatives and a matched comparison group of 15 elective cardiac surgery patients and their relatives. MEASUREMENTS AND
resultsPatients and relatives completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Relatives answered an open question to explore the perceived impact of Intensive care/cardiac surgery on their lives. ICU patients' relatives reported significantly higher number of symptoms of anxiety than did ICU patients, higher number of symptoms of depression than cardiac surgery patients' relatives, and more troubling and life-altering experiences than the relatives of cardiac surgery patients.
conclusionsRelatives of ICU patients also suffer anxiety and depression, and services should address this need. Group differences suggest that ICU patients' relatives have "unique" characteristics of depression symptom reporting.
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