ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2014
Fatigue in family caregivers of adult intensive care unit survivors.
Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05827354 (Incidence and Factors Associated to The Development of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Among Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers.
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Incidence and Factors Associated to The Development of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Among Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Survivors: A Longitudinal Exploratory Study
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Longitudinal Changes in Symptoms of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Secondary Analysis of a Scoping Review.JMA journal · 2025Review
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- Development and psychometric evaluation of the family intensive care units syndrome inventory.Brain and behavior · 2023Review
- Relationship between fatigue and quality of life and related factors in family caregivers of patients on hemodialysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Primary palliative care recommendations for critical care clinicians.Journal of intensive care · 2022Review
- The Prevalence of Spiritual and Social Support Needs and Their Association With Postintensive Care Syndrome Symptoms Among Critical Illness Survivors Seen in a Post-ICU Follow-Up Clinic.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- Associations Between Gender, Resiliency Factors, and Anxiety in Neuro-ICU Caregivers: a Prospective Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Gender Differences in Longitudinal Associations Between Intimate Care, Resiliency, and Depression Among Informal Caregivers of Patients Surviving the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit.Neurocritical care · 2020Article
- Use of home telemedicine for critical illness rehabilitation: an Indian success story.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how.BMC anesthesiology · 2018Review
- From hospice to hospital: short-term follow-up study of hospice patient outcomes in a US acute care hospital surveillance system.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Depressive symptoms and anxiety in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors after ICU discharge.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
- Baseline resilience and depression symptoms predict trajectory of depression in dyads of patients and their informal caregivers following discharge from the Neuro-ICU.General hospital psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
contextFamily caregivers are a vital resource in the recovery of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors. Of concern, the stress associated with this role can negatively affect caregiver health. Fatigue, an important health indicator, has been identified as a predictor of various illnesses, greater use of health services, and early mortality. Examining the impact of fatigue on caregivers' physical health can assist in identifying critical time points and potential targets for intervention.
objectivesTo describe self-reported fatigue in caregivers of ICU survivors from patients' ICU admission to ≤ 2 weeks, two- and four-months post-ICU discharge.
methodsPatient-caregiver pairs were enrolled from a medical ICU. Caregiver fatigue was measured using the Short-Form 36 Health Survey Vitality subscale (SF-36 Vitality). Caregiver psychobehavioral stress responses included depressive symptoms, burden, health risk behaviors, and sleep quality. Patient data included self-reported physical symptoms and disposition (home vs. institution).
resultsForty-seven patient-caregiver pairs were initially enrolled. Clinically significant fatigue (SF-36 Vitality ≤ 45) was reported by 43%-53% of caregivers across the time points, and these caregivers reported worse scores in measures of depressive symptoms, burden, health risk behaviors and sleep quality, and patients' symptom burden. In 26 caregivers with data for all time points (55% of the total sample), SF-36 Vitality scores showed trends of improvement when the patient returned home and greater impairment when institutionalization continued.
conclusionIn caregivers of ICU survivors, fatigue is common and potentially linked with poor psychobehavioral responses. Worsening fatigue was associated with greater symptom distress and long-term patient institutionalization.
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