Long-term psychiatric disorders in families of severe COVID-19 patients

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Aim: The present study aimed to describe in detail the changes to and assess the risk factors for poor long-term outcomes of psychiatric disorders in families of COVID-19 patients.

Methods: A single-center, retrospective study using questionnaires. Family members of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe COVID-19 participated. Psychiatric disorders refer to the psychological distress such as anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by the patient's family.

Results: Forty-six family members completed the survey and were analyzed. Anxiety, depression, and PTSD occurred in 24%, 33%, and 2% of family members, respectively, and psychiatric disorders occurred in 39%. On multivariable analysis, living in the same house with the patient was independently associated with a lower risk of psychiatric disorders in families of COVID-19 patients (OR, 0.180; 95% CI, 0.036-0.908; p = 0.038). Furthermore, four family members overcame psychiatric disorders, and six family members newly developed psychiatric disorders during the one-year follow-up period.

Conclusion: Approximately 40% of family members had long-term psychiatric disorders, and some of them overcame the psychiatric disorders, and some newly developed psychiatric disorders over the one-year follow-up. Living in the same house with the patient was possibly significantly associated with the reduction of long-term symptoms of psychiatric disorders, but this result must be interpreted with care. Further large studies are needed to examine the factors associated with the long-term mental status of family members.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Acute medicine & surgery - 11(2024), 1 vom: 07. Jan., Seite e926

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shirasaki, Kasumi [VerfasserIn]
Hifumi, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Sekiguchi, Moe [VerfasserIn]
Isokawa, Shutaro [VerfasserIn]
Nakao, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Shinobu [VerfasserIn]
Hashiuchi, Shinsuke [VerfasserIn]
Imai, Ryosuke [VerfasserIn]
Otani, Norio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus disease 2019
Critical care
Family
Journal Article
Post‐intensive care syndrome
Resilience

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Date Revised 31.01.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ams2.926

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36773513X