Caregiver burden and emotional wellbeing in informal caregivers to ICU survivors-A prospective cohort study.
Anna MiltonAnna SchandlIng-Marie LarssonEwa WallinJohanna SavilampiKatarina MeijersEva Joelsson-AlmMatteo BottaiPeter SackeyPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2021)
Informal caregivers to ICU survivors with adverse physical or psychological outcome experience a higher caregiver burden. A higher caregiver burden correlates with worse caregiver mental HRQL. ICU follow-up programs should consider screening and follow-up of informal caregivers for mental health problems.