Psychological Attachment Orientation and Long-Term Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Family Members of ICU Patients
Zhang Q, Knies AK, Pach J, Kimbrough T, Martinez A, Juthani P, Tu S, Monin JK, Vranceanu AM, Hwang DY. Psychological Attachment Orientation and Long-Term Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Family Members of ICU Patients. Critical Care Explorations 2022, 4: e0753. PMID: 36050994, PMCID: PMC9426807, DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchICU patientsPTSD symptomsICU dischargeHispanic ethnicityFamily meetingsFamily membersICU patients' family membersProspective cohort studyMultiple logistic regressionLong-term PTSD symptomsPatients' family membersHigh-risk categoryLonger-term posttraumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsNeuroscience ICUEvent Scale-RevisedCohort studyIndependent predictorsPatient characteristicsRisk factorsPatient deathUnivariate analysisPatient covariatesSignificant symptomsPsychologic outcomes