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Family Burden of ICU Survivors and Correlations with Patient Quality of Life and Psychometric Scores – A Pilot Study Cover

Family Burden of ICU Survivors and Correlations with Patient Quality of Life and Psychometric Scores – A Pilot Study

Open Access
|Nov 2022

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Study enrolment flowchart. ICU: Intensive Care unit; LOS; Length of Stay
Study enrolment flowchart. ICU: Intensive Care unit; LOS; Length of Stay

Fig. 2

Spearman’s correlations of FBS scores. FBS: Family burden scale; CES-D: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies– Depression scale; WHOQOL: WHO Quality of life.
Spearman’s correlations of FBS scores. FBS: Family burden scale; CES-D: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies– Depression scale; WHOQOL: WHO Quality of life.

Clinical Characteristics and Psychological evaluation of the patients

VariablesResults
Age a46.62 ± 14.7

Sex (male) b19 (65.5%)

ICU diagnosis of admission b
Medical5 (17.2%)
Surgical14 (48.3%)
Trauma10 (34.5%)

Comorbidities Present b21 (72.4%)

ICU length of stay (days)21.59 ± 15.8

Education
<High school5 (17.2%)
High school4 (13.8%)
>High school20 (68.9%)

Family status b
Single12 (41.4%)
Married15 (51.8%)
Estranged1 (3.4%)
Divorced1 (3.4%)

Living with others (Yes) b29 (100%)

Employment b
Full time employed17 (58.6%)
Student3 (10.3%)
Housekeeping2 (6.9%)
Retired4 (13.8%)
Unemployed3 (10.3%)

Self-rated health Status
Excellent4 (13.8%)
Very good16 (55.2%)
Good6 (20.6%)
Fair2 (6.9%)
Poor1 (3.5%)

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) c
State-STAI score50 (45-58)
Trait-STAI score44 (40-50)

The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale15 (4.5-30.5)

The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) score27.5(5.75-46.25)

The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score28( 24-29)

World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-Bref d
Physical domain score56 (44-66)
Psychological domain score56 (56-75)
Social domain score56 (50-78)
Environmental domain score63 (53-72)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2022-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
Language: English
Page range: 242 - 248
Submitted on: Mar 4, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 20, 2022
Published on: Nov 12, 2022
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Vassiliki Mantziou, Charikleia S. Vrettou, Alice G. Vassiliou, Stylianos E. Orfanos, Anastasia Kotanidou, Ioanna Dimopoulou, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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