The delirium experience: What is the effect on patients, relatives and staff and what can be done to modify this?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 804-812

  Partridge, Judith S L ^a,b   Martin, Finbarr C ^a,b   Harari, Danielle ^a,b   Dhesi, Jugdeep K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

delirium experience; distress; information provision; psychological psychiatric sequelae; relatives; staff

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RECALL; RELATIVE; REVIEW;

DELIRIUM EXPERIENCE; DISTRESS; INFORMATION PROVISION; PSYCHOLOGICAL/PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE; RELATIVES; STAFF;

ANXIETY; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879907778     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3900     Document Type: Review

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