A multicentre evaluation exploring the impact of an integrated health and social care intervention for the caregivers of ICU survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caregivers and family members of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors can face emotional problems following patient discharge from hospital. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a multi-centre integrated health and social care intervention, on caregiver and family member outcomes.

Methods

This study evaluated the impact of the Intensive Care Syndrome: Promoting Independence and Return to Employment (InS:PIRE) programme across 9 sites in Scotland. InS:PIRE is an integrated health and social care intervention. We compared caregivers who attended this programme with a contemporary control group of ICU caregivers (usual care cohort), who did not attend.

Results

The primary outcome was anxiety measured via the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at 12 months post

SUBMITTER: McPeake J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128318 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature