Psychological problems in the family members of gravely traumatised patients admitted into an intensive care unit

The aim of these studies was the analysis of the psychological repercussions on the closest members of families of 76 gravely traumatised patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital Universitario de Rehabilitación y Traumatología "Virgen del Rocio", Sevilla (Spain)...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 1992-05, Vol.18 (5), p.278-281
Main Authors: PEREZ-SAN GREGORIO, M. A, BLANCO-PICABIA, A, MURILLO-CABEZAS, F, DOMINGUEZ-ROLDAN, J. M, SANCHEZ, B, NUNEZ-ROLDAN, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Critical Care - psychology
Depression - etiology
Family - psychology
Female
Guilt
Humans
Hypochondriasis - etiology
Intensive Care Units
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Paranoid Disorders - etiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Schizophrenia - etiology
Sex Factors
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sociocultural environment
Wounds and Injuries - therapy
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Summary:The aim of these studies was the analysis of the psychological repercussions on the closest members of families of 76 gravely traumatised patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital Universitario de Rehabilitación y Traumatología "Virgen del Rocio", Sevilla (Spain). An investigation based on social information and the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire was used. The sample of family members was composed of 42 women and 34 men, with an average age of 41.3 years (SD +/- 12.8). Results showed that (a) more than 50% of the family members of gravely traumatised patients admitted into an ICU showed symptoms of depression, (b) the women scored more points in hypochondria, suicidal depression, anxious depression, low-energy depression, guilt-resentment, apathy-withdrawal, paranoia, schizophrenia, psychasthenia and psychological disadjustment, and (c) in general terms, the psychological characteristics of the families were far from the norm of the control group.
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/BF01706473