Trajectories of emotional and physical distress during ICU stay and their association with clinical factors and cognitive status at discharge.

ABSTRACT: Emotional distress, including anxiety and sadness, is common among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). It may be influenced by clinical factors but also by physical distress symptoms such as dyspnea and pain; however, trajectories of emotional and physical distress and interactions throughout the ICU stay, and their potential impact after discharge, remain relatively unexplored. The main objective of the study was to investigate the trajectory and interplay of anxiety, sadness, dyspnea, and pain during the ICU stay, and also their associations with clinical and demographic factors and with cognitive status at discharge. Observational, longitudinal study in non-delirious adult ICU patients in whom emotional state (anxiety and sadness) and physical discomfort (dyspnea and pain) were a

SUBMITTER: Dona-Lopez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12905363 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature