Psychological resilience in the relationship between family function and illness uncertainty among family members of trauma patients in the intensive care unit
Peilin Yu,
Wanzhu Zhang,
Shijie Li
et al.
Abstract:Background
Severe trauma accounts for a main factor inducing mortality for individuals aged < 45 years in China, which requires admission to intensive care unit (ICU) to receive comprehensive treatment. Family members of patients with unanticipated and life-threatening trauma during their ICU stays often experience psychosocial distress due to illness uncertainty. Previous research has shown that family function and psychological resilience are associated with illness uncertainty, respective… Show more
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