Patient and caregiver counselling after the intensive care unit: what are the needs and how should they be met?
| Autor: | Christina Jones, Richard D. Griffiths |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Counseling
Stress Disorders Traumatic Patients Critical Illness media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine law.invention Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Quality of life (healthcare) Nursing Excellence law Intensive care Critical care nursing Humans Medicine media_common business.industry Family caregivers Intensive care unit Psychotherapy Intensive Care Units Distress Caregivers business |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Critical Care. 13:503-507 |
| ISSN: | 1070-5295 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/mcc.0b013e3282efb83e |
| Popis: | Purpose of review To examine current research on the psychological needs of both patients and their families following critical illness, and discuss how these may be met in a cost-effective manner. Recent findings Patients and their families have significant psychological problems following critical illness. To date, very few intensive care units have specialist psychological services to help with the aftermath of the illness experience. There are promising simple therapeutic interventions, such as intensive care unit diaries, that may be beneficial, but which require further research at present. Summary Currently, there is an awareness of the psychological sequelae of critical illness for patients and their family caregivers, and with this a responsibility to assess and appropriately help those who are unable to manage their distress. The development and application of specialist psychological services after an episode of critical illness, possibly using a stepped care model, is in its infancy. There are a few centres of excellence that are currently employing these resources, but the vast majority of patients and their families are left to cope on their own. This lack of psychological support has important implications for long-term recovery and quality of life following the episode of critical illness. |
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