Effect of an ICU Diary on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Keeping a diary for patients while they are in the intensive care unit (ICU) might reduce their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.

Objectives

To assess the effect of an ICU diary on the psychological consequences of an ICU hospitalization.

Design, setting, and participants

Assessor-blinded, multicenter, randomized clinical trial in 35 French ICUs from October 2015 to January 2017, with follow-up until July 2017. Among 2631 approached patients, 709 adult patients (with 1 family member each) who received mechanical ventilation within 48 hours after ICU admission for at least 2 days were eligible, 657 were randomized, and 339 were assessed 3 months after ICU discharge.

Interventions

Patients in the intervention group (n = 355) had an ICU dia

SUBMITTER: Garrouste-Orgeas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635906 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature