biostudies-literatureBannon SMNational Institute of Nursing ResearchNINR NIH HHS268-277https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8904645biostudies-literatureUnknown41(4)<h4>Objective</h4>Emotional distress is common in both survivors and their informal caregivers following admission to a neuroscience intensive care unit (Neuro-ICU) and can negatively affect their individual recovery and quality of life. Neuro-ICU survivor-caregiver dyads can influence each other's emotional distress over time, but whether such influence emerges during dyadic treatment remains unknown. The present study involved secondary data analysis of Neuro-ICU dyads enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of a dyadic resiliency intervention, Recovering Together (RT), versus a health education attention placebo control to test dyadic similarities in emotional distress before and after treatment.<h4>Method</h4>Data were collected from 58 dyads following Neuro-ICU admission. Emotional diHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological AssociationEmotional distress in neuro-ICU survivor-caregiver dyads: The recovering together randomized clinical trial.PMC8904645NR017979R21 NR017979Cornelius TRosand JLester EGates MVPopok PBannon SMVranceanu AMMace RAMacklin EAfalseEmotional distress in neuro-ICU survivor-caregiver dyads: The recovering together randomized clinical trial.<h4>Objective</h4>Emotional distress is common in both survivors and their informal caregivers following admission to a neuroscience intensive care unit (Neuro-ICU) and can negatively affect their individual recovery and quality of life. Neuro-ICU survivor-caregiver dyads can influence each other's emotional distress over time, but whether such influence emerges during dyadic treatment remains unknown. The present study involved secondary data analysis of Neuro-ICU dyads enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of a dyadic resiliency intervention, Recovering Together (RT), versus a health education attention placebo control to test dyadic similarities in emotional distress before and after treatment.<h4>Method</h4>Data were collected from 58 dyads following Neuro-ICU admission. Emotional di2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Apr2026-05-09T13:45:06.373Z2025-04-07T03:17:02.736ZS-EPMC89046453449889610.1037/hea0001102