Incidence and factors associated with post-intensive care syndrome among caregivers of intensive care unit survivors: Protocol for a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the last decades, intensive care unit (ICU) mortality rates have significantly decreased but this progress has come with unintended consequences for patients and their caregivers. The adverse health-related effects observed in caregivers during the post-ICU period are referred to as Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-Family (PICS-F). Despite growing awareness of PICS-F, the long-term challenges faced by caregivers of ICU patients are not well characterized with several gaps in knowledge remaining unaddressed. The proposed study aims to determine the incidence of PICS-F impairments and identify associated factors among caregivers of ICU survivors.

Methods

We plan to conduct a longitudinal prospective cohort study involving 175 caregivers of ICU patients admitted t

SUBMITTER: Padilla-Fortunatti C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12083806 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature