Stress, anxiety, depression and basic hope in family members of patients hospitalised in intensive care units - preliminary report.
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther
; 53(2): 134-140, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1328217
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The family response to intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalisation includes development of adverse psychological outcomes such as stress, anxiety or depression. These complications from exposure to critical care are termed post-intensive care syndrome-family (PICS-f). Psychological repercussions of critical illness affect the family member's ability to perform care functions after hospitalisation. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A total of 37 family members of patients hospitalised in an ICU were included. To evaluate the level stress, anxiety, depression and basic hope the standardized questionnaires the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Basic Hope Inventory (BHI-12) respectively were used.RESULTS:
In 33 respondents (89.19%) a high level of stress was identified, and 14 (37.84%) and 12 (32.43%) respondents had severe anxiety and depression, respectively. Higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression were found in spouses and family members living with the patient. Female subjects had a higher level of basic hope (P = 0.026). It was found that perceived stress correlated with anxiety (r = 0.456, P = 0.005) and depression (r = 0.481, P = 0.003).CONCLUSIONS:
Most relatives of the patients reported stress, anxiety, depression and low basic hope. Preventive family-centred interventions are needed to minimize the risk of adverse psychological repercussions, including post-intensive care syndrome family.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Depression
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther
Journal subject:
Anesthesiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ait.2021.105728
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