How symptoms of prolonged grief disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression relate to each other for grieving ICU families during the first two years of bereavement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bereaved ICU family surrogates are at risk of comorbid prolonged grief disorder (PGD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression. Knowledge about temporal relationships between PGD, PTSD, and depression is limited by a lack of relevant studies and diverse or inappropriate assessment time frames given the duration criterion for PGD. We aimed to determine the temporal reciprocal relationships between PGD, PTSD, and depressive symptoms among ICU decedents' family surrogates during their first 2 bereavement years with an assessment time frame reflecting the PGD duration criterion.

Methods

This prospective, longitudinal, observational study examined PGD, PTSD, and depressive symptoms among 303 family surrogates of ICU decedents from two academic hospitals us

SUBMITTER: Wen FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9628049 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature