Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Jan 2022
Multicenter StudyCaregiver burden and emotional wellbeing in informal caregivers to ICU survivors - a prospective cohort study.
Informal caregivers to intensive care unit (ICU) survivors may develop post-intensive care syndrome family (PICS-F), including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress (PTS). Our primary aim was to investigate associations between caregiver burden in informal caregivers cohabiting with ICU survivors and patients' physical and psychological outcomes. ⋯ Informal caregivers to ICU survivors with adverse physical or psychological outcome experience a higher caregiver burden. A higher caregiver burden correlates with worse caregiver mental HRQL. ICU follow-up programs should consider screening and follow-up of informal caregivers for mental health problems.