Impact of an intensive care unit diary on psychological distress in patients and relatives

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2033-2040

  Garrouste Orgeas, Maité ^a,b   Coquet, Isaline ^c   Périer, Antoine ^d   Timsit, Jean François ^b,f   Pochard, Frédéric ^d,e,g   Lancrin, Frédéric ^a   Philippart, François ^a   Vesin, Aurélien ^b   Bruel, Cédric ^a   Blel, Youssef ^a   Angeli, Stéphanie ^a   Cousin, Natalie ^a   Carlet, Jean ^a   Misset, Benoit ^a,g  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^d université Paris Cité   (France)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute posttraumatic stress disorder; family members; intensive care unit; intensive care unit burden; medical records; stress disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITRAUMATIC DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE 3; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WRITING;

EID: 84862765524     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824e1b43     Document Type: Review

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