Comparison of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in relatives of ICU patients in an American and an Indian public hospital

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 147-156

  Kulkarni, Hrishikesh ^a   Kulkarni, Karishma ^b   Mallampalli, Antara ^c   Parkar, Shubhangi ^b   Karnad, Dilip ^d   Guntupalli, Kalpalatha ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c BASF Corporation Tucson   (United States)

^d Seven Hills Hospital   (India)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; depression; family; psychological; stress; stress disorders; traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053361604     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.84891     Document Type: Article

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