Passive decision-making preference is associated with anxiety and depression in relatives of patients in the intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-254

  Anderson, Wendy G ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b   Angus, Derek C ^b,c   Bryce, Cindy L ^b  

^a UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The CRISMA Laboratory (Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute illness)   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Decision making; Depression; Family; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 67349236708     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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