Short-term psychological impact on family members of intensive care unit patients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 719-722

  Paparrigopoulos, Thomas ^a   Melissaki, Antigoni ^b   Efthymiou, Anna ^b   Tsekou, Hara ^a   Vadala, Chrysoula ^b   Kribeni, Georgia ^b   Pavlou, Elias ^c   Soldatos, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Early posttraumatic stress reaction; Family members; Intensive care unit; Psychological reactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750437405     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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