One-Year Outcomes in Caregivers of Critically Ill Patients

Abstract

In this study, most caregivers of critically ill patients reported high levels of depressive symptoms, which commonly persisted up to 1 year and did not decrease in some caregivers. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00896220.).

The status of intensive care medicine research and a future agenda for very old patients in the ICU

“…Delirium occurrence and duration are expected to be reduced in the treatment arm 5. The burden of intensive care, a prospective study in caregivers of octogenarians in the ICU More than half of patients with ventilator support surviving critical care require caregiver assistance after ICU discharge [52]. Many caregivers report high levels of PTSD and depressive symptoms [53].…”

“…Many suffer from this insult in their own ways [52,53]. This might be particularly true in the family members of the elderly ICU survivors, but little is known about the post-ICU syndrome in these family members nor of its consequences in the long run.…”

What Adult Cancer Care Can Learn From Pediatrics

“…Pediatric cancer teams recognize that the child's well-being and the family's wellbeing are mutually reinforcing. 1,[6][7][8] Indeed,…”

Significance of depression in family caregivers of critically ill patients discharged home

“…Recently, Cameron and colleagues from Canada reported the results of a prospective observational multicenter study regarding one-year outcomes in caregivers of critically ill patients (6). The study participants were 280 caregivers of patients who had received seven or more days of mechanical ventilator care in intensive care units (ICUs).…”

“…In some aspects, Cameron et al (6) study makes a significant contribution in scientific knowledge of caregiver burden/stress. First, this study used longitudinal data analysis including the multivariate mixed-effects modeling, and latent class mixed model with trajectory groups.…”