Association between isolation room admission in intensive care units and long-term psychiatric disorders: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether admission to a single-bed intensive care unit (ICU) isolation room is associated with subsequent psychiatric morbidity remains uncertain. We investigated the association between ICU isolation and new-onset psychiatric disorders after discharge.

Methods

Using South Korea's National Health Insurance Service database, we conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study including adults admitted to any ICU between Jan 1 2020 and Dec 31 2022. We excluded patients < 18 years, those who died within 1 year, and those with psychiatric diagnoses in the preceding 12 months. Outcomes were new diagnoses of depression, anxiety disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within 1 year after ICU admission. Exposure was any stay in a single-bed ICU isolation room;

SUBMITTER: Song IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12771718 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature