ArticleRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva2018
Sex and spouse conditions influence symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder in both patients admitted to intensive care units and their spouses.
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- Trajectories of emotional and physical distress during ICU stay and their association with clinical factors and cognitive status at discharge.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Anxiety, depression and distress in family members of people who have experienced a critical care admission: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis.Journal of intensive care · 2025Article
- Associations between Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Domains in Cardiac Arrest Survivors and Their Families One Month Post-Event.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Association between hair cortisol concentration and acute stress symptoms in family members of critically ill patients: a cross-sectional study.Critical care science · 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
- The impact of patient delirium in the intensive care unit: patterns of anxiety symptoms in family caregivers.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in next of kin during suspension of ICU visits during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective observational study.BMC psychiatry · 2021Observational
- The role of social support in the psychological illness of women.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2019Article
- Satisfaction of family members of critically ill patients admitted to a public hospital intensive care unit and correlated factors.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva · 2019Article
- Quality of life after intensive care unit: a multicenter cohort study protocol for assessment of long-term outcomes among intensive care survivors in Brazil.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaArticle
- Prevalence and factors associated with symptoms of depression in family members of people hospitalized in the intensive care unit.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the effect of sex and spouse condition on symptoms of anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms in patients and their spouses.
methodsA prospective study conducted in a 22-bed adult mixed intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Patients and their spouses were enrolled 2 days after intensive care unit admission. They were interviewed while in the intensive care unit using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. At 30 and 90 days after intensive care unit discharge, they completed the Impact of Event Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale by phone.
resultsFrom March 2011 to March 2013, we analyzed 118 patients and their spouses. We observed that female sex was associated with higher scores than male sex was in terms of the anxiety Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - subscale (p = 0.032) and depression (p = 0.034). There was no association between sex and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. However, spouses had higher Impact of Event Scale points compared with patients (p = 0.001).
conclusionsFemale sex was associated with anxiety and depression, and spouses were more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress symptoms than the patients were. Increasing age and a later time of assessment were also associated with lower scores on the Impact of Event Scale.
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