ReviewAnnals of intensive care2023
Post-traumatic stress disorder among ICU healthcare professionals before and after the Covid-19 health crisis: a narrative review.
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- Cumulative trauma, neural circuits, and burnout: an integrative model of healthcare worker post-traumatic stress syndromes.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Review
- Digital Gaze and Vicarious Trauma Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses in Alarm-Monitoring Ecologies: Qualitative Interview Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- [Resilience in the intensive care team: its significance, determinants, and strategies for enhancement].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Review
- Keep going-until someone is concerned: trauma in waiting among ICU healthcare professionals.Intensive care medicine · 2026Article
- Post-Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue, and Psychological Well-Being Among Critical Care Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Resilience as a Mediator Between Burnout and Health Among Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Late 2021.Nursing open · 2026Observational
- Burnout, PTSD, and Medical Error: The Medico-Legal Implications of the Mental Health Crisis Among Frontline Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Epidemiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Intensive Care Nurses: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Putting Patients at Risk: The Effect of Health Care Provider Burnout on Patient Care in the Operating Room-A Narrative Review.Journal of patient safety · 2025Review
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- Facing stress and inflammation: From the cell to the planet.World journal of experimental medicine · 2024Review
- Behind the Mask of ICU Healthcare Workers.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
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- Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder risk post-COVID-19 in 12 countries in Latin America: a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe ICU (intensive care unit) involves potentially traumatic work for the professionals who work there. This narrative review seeks to identify the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among ICU professionals; how PTSD has been assessed; the risk factors associated with PTSD; and the psychological support proposed.
methodsThree databases and editorial portals were used to identify full-text articles published in English between 2009 and 2022 using the PRISMA method.
resultsAmong the 914 articles obtained, 19 studies met our inclusion criteria. These were undertaken primarily during the Covid-19 period (n = 12) and focused on nurses and assistant nurses (n = 10); nurses and physicians (n = 8); or physicians only (n = 1). The presence of mild to severe PTSD among professionals ranged from 3.3 to 24% before the pandemic, to 16-73.3% after the pandemic. PTSD in ICU professionals seems specific with particularly intense intrusion symptoms. ICU professionals are confronted risk factors for PTSD: confrontation with death, unpredictability and uncertainty of care, and insecurity related to the crisis COVID-19. The studies show that improved communication, feeling protected and supported within the service, and having sufficient human and material resources seem to protect healthcare professionals from PTSD. However, they also reveal that ICU professionals find it difficult to ask for help.
conclusionICU professionals are particularly at risk of developing PTSD, especially since the Covid-19 health crisis. There seems to be an urgent need to develop prevention and support policies for professionals.
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