Rationale: Family members of critically ill patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit
(ICU) often become caregivers, and they are at risk to develop adverse psychological …

Caregivers of severely ill individuals often struggle to adjust to new responsibilities and roles
while experiencing negative psychological outcomes that include depression, anxiety and …

Purpose Long-term mental outcomes in family members of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) intensive care unit (ICU) survivors are unknown. Therefore, we assessed the …

The pace of technological advancements in the intensive care unit (ICU) challenges
clinicians' ability to manage ethical and decision-making challenges near the end of life …

Introduction In 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, visitor
access to acute hospitals including intensive care units (ICUs) was initially barred, followed …

Background Prolonged mechanical ventilation for acute medical conditions increases the
risk of chronic critical illness (CCI). Close family members are confronted with the life …

This study aimed to determine whether family-centered multidisciplinary rounds could
alleviate anxiety and uncertainty in illness and meet needs for critically ill patients' families. A …

Objectives To explore the associations between stress, sleep disturbances, fatigue severity
and social support among primary family caregivers in intensive care units during the early …

Results: We included 51 papers covering 9302 relatives. The frequency of PICS-F varied
between 2.5 and 69%. We identified 51 different risk factors of PICS-F, among which we …

Introduction Developing an optimized and user-friendly mHealth application for patients and
family members in the hospital environment presents unique challenges given the diverse …