Association Between Caregiver Strain and Emergency Health Care Resource Utilization in Survivors of Critical Illness
After critical illness, survivors can develop new or worsening impairments, impacting their physical, mental, and cognitive health.1 Informal caregivers are also known to experience challenges and can experience caregiver burden and psychological distress after hospital discharge.2,3 There is limited evidence about the association between the challenges which informal caregivers face and patient health care utilization in the year after hospital discharge.
Authors
- Christie Docherty
- Phil Lucie
- Helen Devine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-6270)
- Joanne McPeake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-6801)
- Tara Quasim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-3623)
- Pamela MacTavish
- Peter C. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-9439)
- Martin Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0614-5062)
- Cheuk Yu Chim
- Lucy Hogg
- Laura Strachan
Institutions
- University Hospital Crosshouse (GB)
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GB)
- Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GB)
- Wishaw General Hospital (GB)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (US)
- Victoria Hospital (GB)
- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CHEST Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.08.057
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25
Funders
- Health Foundation
- THIS Institute, University of Cambridge