Authors
Jill I Cameron, Leslie M Chu, Andrea Matte, George Tomlinson, Linda Chan, Claire Thomas, Jan O Friedrich, Sangeeta Mehta, Francois Lamontagne, Melanie Levasseur, Niall D Ferguson, Neill KJ Adhikari, Jill C Rudkowski, Hilary Meggison, Yoanna Skrobik, John Flannery, Mark Bayley, Jane Batt, Claudia dos Santos, Susan E Abbey, Adrienne Tan, Vincent Lo, Sunita Mathur, Matteo Parotto, Denise Morris, Linda Flockhart, Eddy Fan, Christie M Lee, M Elizabeth Wilcox, Najib Ayas, Karen Choong, Robert Fowler, Damon C Scales, Tasnim Sinuff, Brian H Cuthbertson, Louise Rose, Priscila Robles, Stacey Burns, Marcelo Cypel, Lianne Singer, Cecilia Chaparro, Chung-Wai Chow, Shaf Keshavjee, Laurent Brochard, Paul Hébert, Arthur S Slutsky, John C Marshall, Deborah Cook, Margaret S Herridge
Publication date
2016/5/12
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
374
Issue
19
Pages
1831-1841
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Description
Background
Few resources are available to support caregivers of patients who have survived critical illness; consequently, the caregivers’ own health may suffer. We studied caregiver and patient characteristics to determine which characteristics were associated with caregivers’ health outcomes during the first year after patient discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU).
Methods
We prospectively enrolled 280 caregivers of patients who had received 7 or more days of mechanical ventilation in an ICU. Using hospital data and self-administered questionnaires, we collected information on caregiver and patient characteristics, including caregiver depressive symptoms, psychological well-being, health-related quality of life, sense of control over life, and effect of providing care on other activities. Assessments occurred 7 days and 3, 6, and 12 months after ICU discharge.
Results
The caregivers’ mean age was 53 years …
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