Intensive care diaries and relatives' symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after critical illness: A pilot study

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-176

  Jones, Christina ^a   Bäckman, Carl ^b   Griffiths, Richard David ^c  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WRITING;

EID: 84862902265     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2012569     Document Type: Article

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