ArticleJournal of patient experience2022
Use of Diaries for Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients to Reduce Long-Term PTSD: A Pilot Study.
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- A Thematic Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Diaries Content.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2024.Journal of intensive care · 2025Article
- The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2024.Acute medicine & surgeryArticle
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Abstract
Many family members whose loved ones stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the hospitalization. A mixed-methods longitudinal randomized trial studying family members of medical ICU (MICU) patients was conducted. Participants were randomized into 2 groups (intervention and control). Post-traumatic stress symptoms checklist-14 scores for the intervention group trended downward over time, but no differences were detected in PTSD risk between the intervention and control groups. The ICU experience for family members is traumatizing. A simple gesture of providing ICU diaries for them to use during the ICU stay may help reduce their emotional burden and requires further investigation.
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