Course and predictors of posttraumatic stress-related symptoms among family members of deceased ICU patients during the first year of bereavement.
Siew Tzuh TangChung-Chi HuangTsung-Hui HuWen-Chi ChouLi-Pang ChuangMing Chu ChiangPublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)
The likelihood of clinically significant PTSD symptoms among family members decreased significantly over the first bereavement year and was lower when a DNR order was issued before death. Enhancing social support and facilitating a DNR order may reduce the trauma of ICU death of a beloved for family members at risk for developing clinically significant PTSD symptoms.
Keyphrases
- social support
- depressive symptoms
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- sleep quality
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- physical activity
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- trauma patients