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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 5/2017

01-05-2017 | Correspondence

ICU experience for patients’ relatives: is information all that matters?

Discussion on “A family information brochure and dedicated website to improve the ICU experience for patients’ relatives: an Italian multicenter before-and-after study”

Authors: Vaitsa Giannouli, Giovanni Mistraletti, Michele Umbrello

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2017

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I read with interest the study by Mistraletti et al., which evaluates the effect of an information brochure and an informational website on the intensive care unit (ICU) experience for patients’ relatives [1]. ICU admission of a relative is a stressful event for family members, something that may lead to high levels of distress throughout their relative’s hospitalization and cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological symptoms after the ICU [2, 3]. Good communication between ICU staff and patients’ relatives is generally accepted to be a preventive factor of such problems, not only for patients’ physical and psychological health but also for the health of the patients’ relatives [4]. …
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Title
ICU experience for patients’ relatives: is information all that matters?
Discussion on “A family information brochure and dedicated website to improve the ICU experience for patients’ relatives: an Italian multicenter before-and-after study”
Authors
Vaitsa Giannouli
Giovanni Mistraletti
Michele Umbrello
Publication date
01-05-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4723-2

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